The Perpetual Astonishment Of Jonathon Fairfax

Author : Christopher Shevlin
Publisher : Albatross Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780956965608
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax written by Christopher Shevlin and published by Albatross Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathon Fairfax was astonished. This was nothing new. His first memory of being astonished dated from the age of three, when his mother had quite casually suggested that, instead of wearing a pair of comfy watertight pants, he should spend the rest of his life holding in his wee and poo. Now, seventeen years later, he was astonished because a huge, terrifying man in a smart dark-red balaclava was asking him directions.' The man in the balaclava is on his way to a murder, sparking a series of events that send Jonathon's astonishment to previously unimagined heights. Before long, he is being astonished by secret government documents (lightly buttered), a strikingly cool private detective/loss-adjustor, a low-speed car chase, and a woundingly beautiful girl called Rachel.

Author : Christopher Shevlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956965615
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax written by Christopher Shevlin and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Bath Novel Award 2014"This hilarious adventure, 'by turns absurd and engaging' (The Guardian), stars lovable, girl-fearing Jonathon as he accidentally sets off a chain of events leading to murder and a massive British government conspiracy — with a dream girl and a glamorous granny added to the mix." – Bookbub"You can't help being tickled" – The Guardian"Not many books make me laugh out loud, but The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax is one of them... A comic gem" – Stylist magazine "Shevlin was rightly picked up by the literary agency that represents the likes of David Nicholls" – Metro newspaper "It cleverly combines intrigue with comic, astute observation which made me laugh throughout.” – Bath Novel AwardThe story...When Jonathon Fairfax accidentally helps a murderer bump off Sarah Morecambe, the secretary of a senior politician, he sets off a chain of events that astonishes him. Jonathon is wrong-footed by even the most everyday things, so he's particularly startled to find himself caught up in a conspiracy that goes right to the heart of government. Teaming up with a suave private investigator, a glamorous grannie and the probable love of his life, Jonathon must confront his greatest fears - including talking to girls and balaclava-clad killers - and answer some very difficult questions. Who murdered Sarah Morecambe? What is the strange secret that unites the entire British government? And what exactly does it feel like to kiss a real-life woman?With its naïve, reluctant hero and wry look at life, The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfaxhas been compared to books by Douglas Adams, Carl Hiaasen and PG Wodehouse.More reviews..."When Christopher Shevlin sat down to write this book, the spirit of Douglas Adams sidled up next to him and said, 'Here, let me help you.' This book is probably - definitely - the funniest thing I have read since The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy." A Kilmer"It reminded me of a very English Carl Hiaasen - filled with throwaway detail, joyously funny dialogue and slightly absurd characters." Francesca Brown, Stylist magazine"If you like tight writing, a great pace, smart references and laughing, this book will be on your top five list! Like reading an Arrested Development script." Bridget Aureli "Shevlin's writing style, his wonderful way with eccentric characters, and his knack for combining kindness, silliness, and more than a few touching surprises, all fill a spot left by Douglas Adams." Avery Elizabeth Hurt

Author : Christopher Shevlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956965639
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jonathon Fairfax Must Be Destroyed written by Christopher Shevlin and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the days when the internet was young and phones were big, Bertie Wooster meets American Psycho in this strangely heart-warming tale of accidental espionage, love, homicide, and biscuits. Jonathon stumbles into a colossal corporate conspiracy, and his new boss will do anything to keep it secret - including murder.

Author : Christopher Shevlin
Publisher : Jonathon Fairfax
ISBN 13 : 9780956965653
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spy Who Came in from the Bin: A Jonathon Fairfax Novel written by Christopher Shevlin and published by Jonathon Fairfax. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He only knows three things about himself: he's polite, he likes tea, and everyone wants to kill him. Berlin: a man wakes up in a bin* with no idea who he is. He's taken to hospital for treatment. Then people start trying to assassinate him. The man has to find out why, how to get them to stop, and what the CIA has to do with all this. There's also the little problem of working out who he used to be, and why that changed. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Piper and best friend Lance are trying to find him... Jonathon Fairfax - still the world's most socially awkward hero - is back. If only he knew. *That's a trashcan, for American readers.

Author : Tom Holt
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316233293
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Portable Door written by Tom Holt and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PORTABLE DOOR is the first novel set in the magical offices of J. W. Wells. Now a majorly fantastical movie starring Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz, and Miranda Otto. “Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams.” — Christopher Moore, New York Times bestselling author Starting a new job is always stressful (especially when you don't want one), but when Paul Carpenter arrives at the office of J. W. Wells he has no idea what trouble lies in store. He is about to discover that the apparently respectable establishment now paying his salary is a front for a deeply sinister organization. It seems that half the time his bosses are away with the fairies. But they're not, of course. They're away with the goblins. The J.W. Wells & Co. Series: The Portable Door In Your Dreams Earth, Air, Fire and Custard You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps The Better Mousetrap May Contain Traces of Magic Other titles from Tom Holt: Doughnut When It's A Jar The Outsorcerer's Apprentice The Good, the Bad and the Smug The Management Style of the Supreme Beings An Orc on the Wild Side Holt Writing as K. J. Parker: Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City How To Rule An Empire and Get Away With It A Practical Guide to Conquering the World

Author : David Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Most Unwelcome Connection written by David Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's taken him more than sixty years to write his first novel. It's worth the wait. Let's hope he doesn't leave it as long to write his second" BEN ELTONReader reviews are in for "this year's stocking filler".....This "excellent book" is "a real PAGE TURNER" and a "brilliantly crafted", "FAST MOVING incident-packed yarn" full of "laugh out loud one liners". It's "a TREMENDOUS READ, gripping and great fun with lots of unexpected twists and turns", full of "memorable locations and characters" which "KEPT ME GRIPPED UNTIL THE VERY END". It's a "RIVETING ADVENTURE" - "a ROLLERCOASTER RIDE with more ACTION-PACKED sequences than anyone has a right to expect". " I can recommend this to anyone who likes to escape into their book - you'll find it hard to put this book down. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED."Colin Cavendish doesn't get the 21st century. He is an old-fashioned, rigid, pedantic man who relishes his well-ordered life selling theatrical memorabilia from his tiny London shop. But a chance encounter with a mysterious woman plunges him into a dangerous world of murder, espionage and double-dealing. Drugged and kidnapped, he wakes up in a coffin somewhere in Italy, in possession of some earth-shattering information. So begins a deadly chase as he is pursued across Europe in his efforts to make it safely back to London. Can Colin adapt, improvise and change his world view in order to make it back home alive?

Author : Deborah Bee
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1785760777
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Every Move You Make written by Deborah Bee and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark psychological thriller, perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Lisa Jewell There are two sides to every story. But only one is the truth. A young woman turns up at a police station. She has been kept prisoner in her own home. Abused and tortured, her every move watched, her every thought controlled. Now she's finally escaped. That's what she says. But when the police arrive at the address she's given them, her story doesn't seem to add up. Her husband is missing, but his phone and wallet are still in the house. She says she's the victim, but what if she's not? What if the stories she's telling aren't her stories at all . . .

Author : Jonathan Sims
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 1473228751
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thirteen Storeys written by Jonathan Sims and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunted house tour-de-force from the creator of THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES podcast. GOING UP? A dinner party is held in the penthouse of a multimillion-pound development. All the guests are strangers - even to their host, the billionaire owner of the building. None of them know why they were selected to receive his invitation. Whether privileged or deprived, they share only one thing in common - they've all experienced a shocking disturbance within the building's walls. By the end of the night, their host is dead, and none of the guests will say what happened. His death has remained one of the biggest unsolved mysteries - until now. But are you ready for their stories? * * * * * * * * * * 'A modern horror classic' Starburst Magazine 'Astonishing' SFX 'Nerve-jangling' Guardian 'A wonderfully creepy climax, hitting that perfect spot of uncanny horror' Grimdark Magazine 'Steals your sleep, not only because it's such a page turner but it is very very creepy' NetGalley reviewer 'Chilling and so creepy' NetGalley reviewer 'This book literally has it all: simply faultless' NetGalley reviewer

Author : Jodi Taylor
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472264274
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just One Damned Thing After Another written by Jodi Taylor and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELL 'A great mix of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' ***** Meet St Mary's - a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets who hurtle their way around History. - If the whole of History lay before you, where would you go? When Dr Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And Max soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting... BOOK 1 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIES For fans of Jasper Fforde, Doctor Who, Genevieve Cogman and Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'

Author : Charles Stross
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 1250267013
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Lies Dreaming written by Charles Stross and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When magic and superpowers emerge in the masses, Wendy Deere is contracted by the government to bag and snag supervillains in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross' Dead Lies Dreaming: A Laundry Files Novel. As Wendy hunts down Imp—the cyberpunk head of a band calling themselves “The Lost Boys”— she is dragged into the schemes of louche billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge. Rupert has discovered that the sole surviving copy of the long-lost concordance to the one true Necronomicon is up for underground auction in London. He hires Imp’s sister, Eve, to procure it by any means necessary, and in the process, he encounters Wendy Deere. In a tale of corruption, assassination, thievery, and magic, Wendy Deere must navigate rotting mansions that lead to distant pasts, evil tycoons, corrupt government officials, lethal curses, and her own moral qualms in order to make it out of this chase alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.