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Looking For Mr Nobody by Sue Rann check out website: www.noexitpress and www.publishing-services.co.uk
An American girl in Amsterdam, brought up in an Army family, Robin Carlson knows a little about taking care of herself. She's a wounded soul and needs gentle handling. Along comes Cary Bowman, maybe to bring a little love into her life. Alas, it's not to be. He brings her a mystery and puts her in the way of harm. Wolf is surviving, just, on the streets of Amsterdam.
A chance encounter with a girl whom he tries to help leads him into some dark places. Trying to do the right thing brings him into contact with the most dangerous of men. Set against the winter of a colourful European city, this book has all the elements of excitement and adventure. I had no expectations but found myself increasingly gripped by the story. The narrative is packed with descriptive detail giving a strong sense of place. It also deals well with emotions and intense physical images. It's quite short but it is suitably breathless that once again sings out 'film rights'. The Science Fiction element is an interesting twist on a familiar subject but suffice to say there are no little green men involved. The book has two narrators Robin speaks in the first person and Wolf in the third. With a chapter each the story moves at a consistent pace. If you like your detective stories and your SF in a high voltage mix, this is for you. Sue Davies
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OTHER REVIEWS - August 2003
Books Cities edited by Peter Crowther Language In Thought And Action by SI Hayakawa The Space Merchants by Frederick Pohl The Longest Way Home by Robert Silverberg The Light Ages by Ian R. Macleod Latro In The Mist by Gene Wolfe Righteous Blood by Cliff Burns The Other Side Of The Sky by Arthur C Clarke Looking For Mr Nobody by Sue Rann The Wood Wife by Terri Windling Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey Hidden Empire by Kevin J Anderson Infinity Plus Two edited by Keith Brooke and Keith Gevers T2 Book 3: The Future War by SM Stirling Cowboy Feng’s Space Bar And Grille by Steven Brust Videos and DVDs Crime Traveller Volume 1 and 2
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A
book on the surface that has been sent to us by mistake. A detective
story surely? Ah, but this is the dread of all 'serious' authors
of genre fiction - the crossover book that may be one or the other
or, in reality, both.
His
friends are the homeless and the helpless. They look after their
own. He has glimpses of his past through fractured memories but
it is not until he performs a heroic act that his past starts coming
back to him. He is much more than he appears to be. 
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