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Michael Robotham
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Shatter (Joseph O'Loughlin, #3)
— published 2009 — 28 editions |
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Suspect (Joseph O'Loughlin, #1)
— published 2004 — 37 editions |
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Say You're Sorry (Joseph O'Loughlin #6)
— published 2012 — 8 editions |
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Bleed for Me (Joseph O'Loughlin, #4)
— published 2010 — 14 editions |
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Lost (Joseph O'Loughlin, #2)
— published 2005 — 35 editions |
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The Night Ferry
— published 2007 — 21 editions |
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The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)
— published 2011 — 15 editions |
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Bombproof
— published 2008 — 6 editions |
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Michael Robotham Omnibus : The Drowning Man; Bombproof
— published 2010 |
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Watching You (Joseph O'Loughlin, #7)
— expected publication 2013 |
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| Elmore never disappoints. Sharp dialogue. Great characterisation. Flashes of humour. | |
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| This is a brilliant series of dark, violent short stories from a remarkable writer. My only complaint - it's too short. Can't wait for his upcoming novel. | |
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| A light read, full of quirky characters and clever dialogue. Elmore Leonard is such a pro. | |
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| I had watched the classic BBC series and the two movie adaptions, so I knew the story well enough, but was bowled over by the quality of Waugh's prose. So many memorable quotes. I listened to the audio version, read by Jeremy Irons, which added to th...more | |
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| Decided to reread this one because it has been thirty years since I read it the first time. Stands up incredibly well. One of the truly great novels. | |
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“Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)”
― Michael Robotham, Suspect
― Michael Robotham, Suspect
“Friendship is a difficult thing to define. Oscar here is my oldest friend. How would you define friendship, Oscar?"
Oscar grunts slightly, as though the answer is obvious.
"Friendship is about choice and chemistry. It cannot be defined."
"But surely there's something more to it than that."
"It is a willingness to overlook faults and to accept them. I would let a friend hurt me without striking back," he says, smiling. "But only once."
De Souza laughs. "Bravo, Oscar, I can always rely on you to distill an argument down to its purest form. What do you think, Dayel?"
The Indian rocks his head from side to side, proud that he has been asked to speak next.
"Friendship is different for each person and it changes throughout our lives. At age six it is about holding hands with your best friend. At sixteen it is about the adventure ahead. At sixty it is about reminiscing." He holds up a finger. "You cannot define it with any one word, although honesty is perhaps the closest word-"
"No, not honesty," Farhad interrupts. "On the contrary, we often have to protect our friends from what we truly think. It is like an unspoken agreement. We ignore each other's faults and keep our confidences. Friendship isn't about being honest. The truth is too sharp a weapon to wield around someone we trust and respect. Friendship is about self-awareness. We see ourselves through the eyes of our friends. They are like a mirror that allows us to judge how we are traveling."
De Souza clears his throat now. I wonder if he is aware of the awe that he inspires in others. I suspect he is too intelligent and too human to do otherwise.
"Friendship cannot be defined," he says sternly. "The moment we begin to give reasons for being friends with someone we begin to undermine the magic of the relationship. Nobody wants to know that they are loved for their money or their generosity or their beauty or their wit. Choose one motive and it allows a person to say, 'is that the only reason?'"
The others laugh. De Souza joins in with them. This is a performance.
He continues: "Trying to explain why we form particular friendships is like trying to tell someone why we like a certain kind of music or a particular food. We just do.”
― Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
Oscar grunts slightly, as though the answer is obvious.
"Friendship is about choice and chemistry. It cannot be defined."
"But surely there's something more to it than that."
"It is a willingness to overlook faults and to accept them. I would let a friend hurt me without striking back," he says, smiling. "But only once."
De Souza laughs. "Bravo, Oscar, I can always rely on you to distill an argument down to its purest form. What do you think, Dayel?"
The Indian rocks his head from side to side, proud that he has been asked to speak next.
"Friendship is different for each person and it changes throughout our lives. At age six it is about holding hands with your best friend. At sixteen it is about the adventure ahead. At sixty it is about reminiscing." He holds up a finger. "You cannot define it with any one word, although honesty is perhaps the closest word-"
"No, not honesty," Farhad interrupts. "On the contrary, we often have to protect our friends from what we truly think. It is like an unspoken agreement. We ignore each other's faults and keep our confidences. Friendship isn't about being honest. The truth is too sharp a weapon to wield around someone we trust and respect. Friendship is about self-awareness. We see ourselves through the eyes of our friends. They are like a mirror that allows us to judge how we are traveling."
De Souza clears his throat now. I wonder if he is aware of the awe that he inspires in others. I suspect he is too intelligent and too human to do otherwise.
"Friendship cannot be defined," he says sternly. "The moment we begin to give reasons for being friends with someone we begin to undermine the magic of the relationship. Nobody wants to know that they are loved for their money or their generosity or their beauty or their wit. Choose one motive and it allows a person to say, 'is that the only reason?'"
The others laugh. De Souza joins in with them. This is a performance.
He continues: "Trying to explain why we form particular friendships is like trying to tell someone why we like a certain kind of music or a particular food. We just do.”
― Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
“One of the strange things about friendship is that time together isn't cancelled out by time apart. One doesn't erase the other or balance it on some invisible scale. You can spend a few hours with someone and they will change your life, or you can spend a lifetime with a person and remain unchanged.”
― Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
― Michael Robotham, The Night Ferry
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