so-soOK, now this is a really interesting hypothesis: did the preponderance of serial killers (Ted Bundy, BTK Killer, Green River Killer, I-5 Killer, the Night Stalker etc) in the 1970s & 1980s around the American Pacific Northwest have links to the high levels of environmental pollution of that time? Lead, cadmium, & arsenic were just some of the pollutants belching out of industrial smelters & Tacoma, (continued)
so-soPatriarch Simeon Lee invites his adult children home for Christmas. Faithful Alfred has done his duty in looking after the family business when his father retired & Simeon resents him for it, whilst George is an MP but still relies on his father's money & isn't allowed to forget it. Meanwhile Simeon has been estranged from Harry & David for 20 years. (continued)
pickJack, recently bereaved after losing the only member of his family left - his grandfather who raised him - is lost & unsure. In his grandfather's study, Jack is drawn to a mirror on the wall which shows him the reflection of a beautiful young woman. Suddenly Jack falls through the mirror's surface & finds himself in the Chanted Kingdom where fairytales are real. (continued)
Unfortunately the way this book is written makes it a very difficult read. The vital information needed is buried underneath an avalanche of superfluous information - just what is the fascination with bridges? What do road traffic accidents on said bridges have to do with serial killers? Interesting stats maybe, but not relevant here.
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Read 8th - 21st Dec 2025
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