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5 years Merchant Navy, 30 years Fire Service 12 of which dedicated Fire Investigator, 12 years Uni Lecturer on BSc Fire and Rescue at Wlv Uni. A fire forensic consultant. Book reviews at www.nigeladamsbookworm.com.
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If you recognise the program from the cover, and who wouldn’t, you’ll love the book. A great Christmas present, laugh out loud funny in places, serious in others, enlightening throughout #books #mustread #christmaspresent

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Mr Wilman’s Motoring Adventure
Andy Wilman There’s a picture on the cover of this book. Three men, with their backs to the viewer, standing on an open road with an arm, extending towards them from a car, a hand holding a white e…
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November 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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If Stephen King wrote cosy crime he would come up with something like this.
Chapter One by Michael Wood is a cracking story, but when the killer is revealed I realised just how good a psychological thriller this was. Review in the link⬇️ #booksky #bookblog

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Chapter One. Michael Wood
A clever thriller that had me convinced I knew who the killer was, until I didn’t, and then I realised just how dark this story is. Reclusive author Aiden Cullen hasn’t left his house for years. Th…
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October 3, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Looking for opinions on The Girl in Cell A by Vaseem Khan. I loved the book right up till the last few chapters. Review ⬇️ #books #booksky

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The Girl In Cell A.  Vaseem Khan
To start this review I have to say that I really enjoyed this book, up until the last two or three chapters. So to start with the plot is brilliant.  Orianna, the girl in…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The Secrets of Forest Lane, an incredible psychological crime thriller set around a small group of people all with children in the same nursery class. A great murder story with a bit of spice. Review in the link ⬇️ #booksky

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The Secrets Of Forest Lane. Sian Morgan
The first few chapters of this book are scene setters so please don’t think you’ve stumbled across an urban romance, because that’s the last thing this book is. This is a psychological thriller, an…
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June 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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I love a good espionage book and have struggled to find new ones over the last few years. Then I discovered David McCloskey and the Damascus Station. Well this is the second book in the series Moscow X and it’s brilliant. Review in the link ⬇️

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Moscow X David McCloskey
Espionage fiction at its best. When a high ranking KSB Official sends one of his thugs to steal gold from the bank of one of the new rich it tips the first domino in a long and twisting line. The g…
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May 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A cracking espionage book just like the ones I used to love reading when there were plenty on the shelves.
Damascus Station by David McCloskeyis a dark complex read set towards the end of the Assad regime in Syria. #booksky

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Damascus Station. David McCloskey
This is one of the easiest reviews I’ve written. Buy the book. My formative years of reading were taken up reading great espionage books by the likes of Robert Ludlum, Alistair McLean, Nelson Demil…
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April 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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@The Seven by Robyn Delvey A new author to me and a cracking start to a new series review in the link below #booksky @robyndelvey.bsky.social

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The Seven Robyn Delvey
43 Dead, 24 injured. Two bombs devastate a London Theatre. The Seven are the survivors of the gang that took the audience hostage during the celebration of a famous actress, before detonating two b…
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April 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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The best book I’ve read this year. THE CHEMIST by A A Dhand. A story of loyalties and revenge. Who better to take down a local drug lord , than the local pharmacist. But has he got the nerve. #booksky

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The Chemist A.A Dhand
A massive heads up to give about a book that I think is the best crime thriller I’ve read this year. Not set with a cop as the main character, but with a pharmacist who is just trying to do the rig…
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April 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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What The Dead Want by MJ Lee. A brilliant addition to one of my favourite series. A unique main character in DI Tom Ridpath, a marvellously layered murder investigation, what is not to like. Review in the link⬇️ @mjlee2307 #bookskye #bookreview #bookblog

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What The Dead Want. M.J Lee
DI Ridpath #10 This series is constantly one of my top two British crime thriller, police procedural, reads M.J Lee has created a unique character. DI Tom Ridpath has two jobs. His main job is in t…
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March 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Hunted by Abir Mukherjee. A modern day story that is a throw back to books by the likes of Ludlum and DeMille #booksky

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Hunted Abir Mukherjee
If you’ve missed the type of book that Robert Ludlum wrote back in the 70s and 80s, or some of the early Tom Clancy novels, then this book set firmly in the modern day is definitely for you. Hunted…
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February 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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A middle aged man’s review of the eagerly awaited Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. I’m not the target audience but last year I read the first two in the series and enjoyed them. Was this one worth the wait and the hype #bookskye #bookreview link to review ⬇️

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Onyx Storm Rebecca Yarros
To start with I acknowledge that I am not the target audience for this book. Last year I read the first two in the series, Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, as a challenge to myself to read a different g…
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February 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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A new author to me and I don’t know how she hasn’t been on my radar before.
Hidden by Kendra Elliot is a brilliant opening to a new series.
A crime thriller with a great story, great characters, and a tension which boils over, that kept me gripped. #booksky

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Hidden. Kendra Elliott
Billed as book 1 in the Bone Secrets series, and what an opener. Looking online there are 5 books in this series, so far, and I can’t wait to get stuck into the next one. Forensic Odontologist Lace…
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January 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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THE UNRAVELLING by Vi Keeland. A dark psychological thriller that has some well disguised twists that kept me reading till well into the night. Highly recommended.
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The Unravelling Vi Keeland
A dark psychological thriller with some well disguised twists that keep coming right up to the last page. Written in the first person from Dr Meredith McCalls point of view. At the start of the boo…
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January 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Any authors out there this is a bit about my life in the Fire Service. 30 years 18 at some of the busiest stations and 12 as a Fire Investigator. I’ve helped a few authors with Fire scenes and protocols and have some good acknowledgments Always happy to help.

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A bit more about me, and my life in the Fire Service
People ask “what was the worst fire you went to, what was the biggest fire you went to, what was the worst thing you saw?” The thing that I remember most is “the blue light oasis&…
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January 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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#Booksky Wow. The best short crime series I’ve read The Collector series by Dot Hutchison
4 books, each from the point of view of a different member of an FBI team that specialises in crimes against children, and one of the victims.
Clever and engrossing

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The Collector Series. Dot Hutchison
There are four books in this series, I picked the first one up over Christmas and finished the last one on the second of January. Yes, I was hooked. This is a remarkable series, not just for the st…
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January 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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A bit of a rant by myself, a man that loves books but hates literature snobs.
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Classic? What are they, and why ban one because writing styles might offend.
A recent headline in Wales got me thinking. The Welsh Joint Education Committee have banned the “Classic”, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, from its GCSE reading and studying list, stating racism …
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December 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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#booksky. An interesting year of reading. The blog in the link below is a look at some of my highlights. Mainly Crime Fiction, a personal True Crime and surprisingly a Fantasy series.

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Books of the Year
It’s that time of year again. Hopefully all the presents are brought and wrapped. I just thought I’d look back at my favourite reads of the year, and add links to my original blogs My favourite boo…
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December 24, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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When I blogged a review about Ink Black Heart I had quite a few agreeing with me, and a few who thought I was wrong. Now it’s in TV I’m really enjoying it, whilst many are panning it. Just goes to show, everyone has their own taste. Original blog ⬇️ #booksky

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The Ink Black Heart. Robert Galbraith. An honest review by a fan
Like it says in the title of the blog I’m a fan of “Robert Galbraith” just like I’m a fan of J.K Rowling. I’ve loved every book in the Strike/Ellicot series, so I hope everyone will understand that…
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December 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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The Dark Arches by Andrew Barrett is a brilliant story that comes with a big but……you really have to read the first book Random Kill first. Both these books are great, and it’s really one story. So first one first then this ⬇️
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The Dark Arches. Andrew Barrett
This is the second book in the DS Regan Carter series, and as brilliant as it is, it come with a but…….you have to read book 1 A Random Kill first. It’s not often I say a book can’t be read as a st…
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December 17, 2024 at 8:43 AM
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A tough read in places, and my review comes with trigger warnings but Mercy Killing by Lisa Cutts is a great Police Procedural Thriller. Click the link below for my review ⬇️

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Mercy Killing. Lisa Cutts
A good story but it comes with a warning. The story centres around victims of child abuse, and although there is no gratuitous scenes, it is alluded to strongly, and may act as triggers to anybody …
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December 14, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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Silent Watcher by Victor Methos is one of my best reads this year. A new author to me, and one I’ve now added to my Must Read list. My review is in the link ⬇️ touch the image of the books cover.

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The Silent Watcher. Victor Methos
The crimes, two horrendously bloody murder scenes several years apart, the latest in Las Vegas close to the city. The detective, Lazarus Holloway. He was part of the first investigation and he neve…
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December 1, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Just found my new John Grisham. Robert Dugoni has written a cracking courtroom thriller in Her Deadly Game. So good I’ve downloaded the other two books in the series and I’m binge reading them. Review in the link below #booksky #bookreview #mustread

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Her Deadly Game. Robert Dugoni
It’s inevitable that every American, legal, courtroom, thriller , I read gets measured against John Grisham. Few get an equal billing but this book is right up there with any of his. Keera Duggan i…
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November 19, 2024 at 7:35 AM
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#Booksky Hi everybody. I’m new to Bluesky. I’m an avid reader based in the U.K. that posts blogs about the books I read. Only positive reviews as I know we all have different tastes. Mainly Crime fiction, some true crime and a bit of science fantasy. Link to my blog below⬇️

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I've had my nose in a book since I was about 10, thats 50 years. Its about time I shared what I like, or don't like.
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November 18, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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My first post on Bluesky. A great true crime book. Click the link below for my review

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Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher. Max Allan Collins. A. Brad Schwartz
An impulse buy on a quick trip to Waterstones ended up with me reading this true crime book which reads like a crime novel The subtitle on the cover, Hunting a serial killer at the dawn of modern c…
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November 18, 2024 at 8:45 AM