Monty's Book Reviews

  A Zombie Bit Myffanie Noobs Our Fathers The Doings Of Rick Toenail Space Sheriff & Princess Power A Journey To The Blasted Moon! A Zombie Bit Myffanie 5 Stars Listening Time: 5 Hours Narrator: Taff Girdlestone Published: 15 Sept 2021 Publisher's Blurb Dear God a zombie bit Myffaine! All merry hell breaks loose and life as we know it is in danger of being snuffed out from the planet on what is otherwise not too bad of a Tuesday. Barry and Myffanie have to negotiate a Zombie apocalypse in an effort to save the market value of the house they bought in Ptthwit five years ago. An accident in a nearby cosmetics laboratory has unleashed a zombie horde onto the village, one that may take over the entire planet if they don't stop it, or worse completely wipe out the extra value Barry's Garage extension put onto their property.      Review When an explosion occurs in a cosmetics factory in a small town in the welsh valleys it unleashes a zombie apocalypse on the unsuspec...

  Karen Simon Carr 4 Stars Length:2 Hours and 42 Minutes Narrator: Skye Alley Published: 04 March 2021 Publisher's Blurb For a millennia, they sat waiting, traveling through the dark, empty, cold vacuum of space, plotting our demise. Every continuity was planned in detail. They were ready to wipe out our armies, crush any resistance, and sweep aside any warriors. Mankind’s fate was sealed. It was only ever just a matter of time. What they had not planned for - what they are not ready for - is Karen! Any likeness between Karen and any real persons alive or dead is purely inevitable.    Review Warning : This audiobook is not suitable for minors, adults of a nervous disposition or anyone called Karen Once again Simon Carr delivers a madcap, lunacy filled tale from the deep recesses of his dark creative mind. Karen is a another laugh-out-loud episode in the Apocalyse Blockers series and is filled with hilarious dialog from start to finish If you're not a fan of British ...

Police Commander in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire : Part One James Marchbank 4 Stars Pages: 253 Published: 29 November 2021 Publisher's Blurb James Marchbank was born in the Yorkshire Dales and reared in industrial West Yorkshire. His early years culminated in kidnap by the Moonies in New York, picking tobacco in Canada and inadvertently smuggling drugs into the United States. Having joined the Police, he quickly spoke with the dead, impaled a body with a grappling hook and witnessed a fish cycle along a main street. He spent a year at the Police Staff College, Bramshill where future Chief Constables behaved like pupils at St. Trinians. He commanded a unit of police officers throughout the Miners’ Strike and was almost arrested for stealing an Aston Martin. This book covers his early years and the first ten years of a police career. Review I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I don't read a great deal of autobiographies, mainly because they...

  Rendezvous and Revenge Millie's Cruise Ship Mysteries : Book 22 4 Stars Audiobook Listening Time: 4 Hours & 23 Minutes Genre: Cozy Mystery Published: 21 January 2022 Narrator: Naomi Rose-Mock Publisher's Blurb When the star of  Siren of the Seas  new hit show is murdered backstage, Felix lands the lead role and also the top spot on the list of suspects. Can Millie solve the mystery in time to clear her friend’s name? Discover why so many fans love the original Cruise Ship Cozy Mystery series by Hope Callaghan! With the epic Garlucci family cruise adventure behind her, Millie is looking forward to smooth sailing on the  Siren of the Seas ' upcoming cruise to the ABC islands. Before they set sail, Andy calls the entertainment staff to the stage for an important announcement. The ship’s cruise director has managed to sign a wildly popular musical production for a month long gig. When the star of the show arrives and promptly produces a long list of “must-haves”, M...

  Sam and Magdalena's Great Escape (Audio Book) Rebecca Markus 4 Stars Length: 1 Hour 10 Minutes Published: 10 January 2022 Narrated by: Pamela Raymer-Lea Publisher's Blurb From the author of The Needleworker's Baby and The Crazy One comes a short tale of friendship and letting go. The year is 2070 and Gen-X retirees Magdalena and Sam are resigned to live out their days at Shady Grove Retirement Home. But when Sam can’t take another boring day inside the sterile institution, he convinces Maggie to break out. How far will the two nonagenarians get driving the California coast in a stolen van? Sam and Magdalena's Great Escape is a novelette-- longer than a short story, shorter than a novella. Review When two nonagenarians realise that life is passing them by at the Shady Grove retirement home they decide to break loose for one last hurrah. With a running time of just over an hour this is a witty, charming, poignant journey as Sam and Magdalena reminisce about the good tim...

  The Terra Obscura Chronicles Casebook One : A Knock In The Dark 5 Stars Pages: 308 Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Published: 06 March 2019 Publisher:  Five Crow Road Publishing Publisher's Blurb People are dying in the dark and New York’s highest office wants the truth buried. Only Charles Fort, an ambitious but ridiculed paranormal investigator, is willing to get to the bottom of it. In Casebook One, Fort explores subterranean New York looking for the source of various reports of violent attacks during the construction of NYC's iconic subway system. What he finds in the dark, no one wants to ever see the light. Between the city’s political elite and powerful forces unseen, Charles Fort will test his limits to prove what he knows to be true. ABOUT THE TERRA OBSCURA CHRONICLES An adventure set in the early 1900s, the Terra Obscura Chronicles follow Charles Fort, the world's first supernatural investigator, as he hunts for proof of what science refuses to accept - the existence ...

  The Shadow of Kailash Steven Moore 4 Stars Listening Time : 6 Hours and 54 Minutes Narrator : Kenneth Bryant Published : 25 June 2019 Publisher : Condor Publishing Publisher's Blurb Criminals are getting rich. Terrorists are getting powerful. Women are getting killed...and worse. Hiram Kane travels to India to honour the life of his murdered best friend. But Kane's world is soon plunged into turmoil when a psychotic people trafficker kidnaps Alexandria Ridley, the love of his life, and disappears into the mighty Himalayas. What begins as a risky rescue mission turns into a chilling foray into the world of weapons and drugs trading, sexual slavery and human trafficking - and culminates in a deadly race against time across the top of the world into Chinese-occupied Tibet. With lives on the line and the future of Buddhism in jeopardy, must Kane make the ultimate sacrifice? The Shadow of Kailash  is Book 4 of Steven Moore’s best-selling Hiram Kane international action thriller...