Low Town: The Straight Razor Cure: Low Town 1

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The riverside area of the oldest part of North Shields. The ‘Low Town’ refers to the settlement that grew up along the river, between the Low Lights in the east and the Bull Ring in the west. There were over 100 inns and taverns in ‘Low Town’, many notorious in their day and described as ‘dirty seedy drinking dens of vice and intemperance, where drunkenness and prostitution where commonplace and many immoral schemes were plotted’. Prior to the 1760s, North Shields was little more than a series of buildings which had been constructed along the riverside and referred to as the ‘Low Street’ with many of the houses, workshops, chapels and public houses piled up the banksides and reached by a series of steep stairways. The secondary characters aren’t fleshed out very well. There is this instant going into the end and I’m trying to buy into why someone is taking children to sacrifice them and I didn’t have enough there to just go with it. I remember, one of the first sentences I said to the author upon meeting him was, how I had come to see him as his fan’s fan. In a way I was clinging to that position barely by the fingertips during the better part of the story. But following the fact he played me so well and left me gaping after I closed the book, I had to give in, too. Low Town ήταν κάποτε ένα σπουδαίο μέρος, ένα περήφανο κόσμημα ανάμεσα στις συλλογικές γειτονιές και περιφέρειες της πόλης του Rigus, μιας Αυτοκρατορίας που συνεχώς εξάπλωνε την δύναμή της σε όλο τον κόσμο - μέχρι, δηλαδή, ο Πυρετός χτύπησε, μια πανούκλα που έφερε στο θάνατό τους όλους παρά τα παιδιά των κατοίκων της, αφήνοντάς τα στην απελπισία τους να αναζητήσουν τους δικούς τρόπους επιβίωσης· τρόποι που τους άλλαξαν μέχρι τον πυρήνα τους, κάνοντας το χαμηλότερο ρεμάλι της κοινωνίας τον βασιλιά της πόλης.

In hindsight I wonder if I could have seen the plot clearer, had I not been so utterly lost in the main character’s thoughts. But I’m glad I was, because this way the ending took me by complete surprise.

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Potential: the monument includes significant archaeological deposits in the form of substantial upstanding earthworks and areas of buried remains, including large infilled ditches; The world itself is fairly vivid and well-realised: the majority of Low Town is dirty and ugly - as are many of its inhabitants - and it is rife with moral and physical corruption. It's full of drugs, murder, organised crime and bigotry, and the author effectively uses the first person narration of the main character to implicate the reader in various kinds of casual and normalised delinquency. House Bathroom - The house bathroom is presented to a high standard, with attractive flooring, angled ceilings with spotlighting, and is fitted with a white, three-piece suite which comprises of a low-level w.c., a wash hand basin, and large double-ended bath with high-quality fitted. There is ceramic tiling to the half height and obscure glazed windows.

Although the northern rampart was identified as a prehistoric earthwork in the C19, the monument appears to have only been recognised in print as a hillfort as late as 1960 when it was included in Nicholas Thomas’s ‘Guide to Prehistoric England’. However the cutting of the Kilburn White Horse immediately adjacent in 1857, inspired by the Uffington White Horse which is also closely associated with a hillfort, suggests that the existence of the hillfort was recognised locally in the mid-C19. In the 1960s about two thirds of the interior of the hillfort, along with the western half of the northern rampart was levelled and reseeded with grass to improve its use by the gliding club which had been established on the plateau above Roulston Scar in the 1930s. A remaining section of the northern rampart was then investigated by archaeological excavation by Tony Pacitto in 1969-1970, in advance of building work for the gliding club. Pacitto concluded that the earthwork represented an early/middle Iron Age ‘box rampart’ probably dated to around 500-400 BC. The monument was added to the Schedule in 1997 and was subsequently, in 2001, the subject of a detailed archaeological survey by Historic England (then English Heritage). Coming from the streets, Warden had it rough, but was able to prove his good nature by helping those less fortunate than himself, those who hadn't found a place for themselves as he had.Let me start by saying that 'The Straight Razor Cure' is unlike most books I `typically' read. While it's classed as fantasy, it actually comes across as more of a crime noir that just happens to be set in a secondary world - and this is by no means a bad thing. The novel combines different elements of various genres: we have a former detective investigating the crimes of a sinister serial killer, underlying messages about class division, a grimdark setting, and a few aspects of traditional high fantasy, such as magic. It's fresh and interesting, and an additional dark undertone is provided by the numerous parallels between Polansky's fictional universe and our own world. With this in mind, I'm a little torn about how Low Town answers this third question. On the one hand, the genre fusion of fantasy and noir is superb, and certainly uncommon enough to warrant being considered fresh. But in my mind, genre isn't enough. The story that was told, regardless of setting, follows the tropes of just about any other noir story almost to the T, including the plot. Without spoiling anything, I'll just say that nearly every prediction I made was accurate, and some of my guesses were made very early on. Does a story always need to subvert one's expectations? Of course not. But the highest rating should be reserved for pieces that are truly transcendent; something that innovates and pushes boundaries in new directions. This is a story where Fantasy fans can get a taste of a hard boiled PI sort of character, with a good blend of dystopia and detective work in Low Town. The main protagonist is a Gritty been there and got the shirt detective Ex Low Town Government Special Services operative. He's now a man people fear on the streets, and is hired by the powers that be to find a murderer. The story is a straight forward search for killer story blended with a different setting, new rules and some new kind of characters to the long existing detective genre. Linking the Low Town on the Severn with the High Town and castle, the Bridgnorth Cliff Railway is believed to hold a few records. One of these books that you start and immediately know you're going to love, one of those books where you go, 'right, this is why I spend all of my time and most of my money reading.' What genre writing could be if we were all smarter than we are. Wr One of these books that you start and immediately know you're going to love, one of those books where you go, 'right, this is why I spend all of my time and most of my money reading.' What genre writing could be if we were all smarter than we are. Written in this bizarre but understandable future slang, the story of an imaginary city in a post-collapse era on the West Coast of Ireland and the criminal gangs which feud there. Violent, nostalgic, lovely, sad, beautiful, I just loved this book. You should absolutely read it. I wish I had gotten to it before I had written Low Town, I could have stolen a lot from it.

The pace is so uneven it made me think I was suffering from ADHD. One minute the story was gripping and captivating and stuff, and the next I was skimming away like a maniac. Towards the end I think I skimmed more than I read. Sigh. The story might have been more interesting and faster paced, had the author focused a bit more on developing the world vs. trying waaayyyyyy too hard to make an atmospheric read of it. But he didn't, so it didn't. However, his life will change once again when a morning, going to his usual place, falls onto the body of Little Tara, a young girl who had disappeared for days, murdered, and used in the cruelest way for the desires of a twisted mind, Warden will have to call his old colleagues - some who from their last encounter left him beraly alive - to take up this case as only they can solve. If you like noir and hard-boiled mysteries, you might want to give Low Town a chance. You'll definitely find it darkly rewarding." New York Journal of Books There were some flaws with this novel (use of stereotypes and a twist that was relatively easy to work out), but they were so inconsequential to me that barely warrant mention. I was that entertained whilst reading this! Co-op Pharmacy Blakeley Post Office PO in Wolverhampton, Common Road, Wombourne, Blakeley Shops at 9.2 miles

Bridgnorth Tyres – Team Protyre

The lost village is one of the several small communities in the Holly Hall area of Dudley which will be celebrated at a three-day exhibition. Well, see for yourself. It's not a bad book and apparently there's a feel that many readers like immensely and really get into. It must be a matter of taste. For me this was mediocre at best. Will I follow it up? Now, I figured out the identity of who the bad guy was before the end. I’m thinking about halfway or so, and I’m not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but this didn’t detract at all from the pleasure of the story. I had the broad strokes in mind but learning the minutia at the reveal was fun, too. Polansky's writing is confident and punchy from the offset. The action rips along at a brilliant pace allowing us to experience this gritty world through the eyes of a thrilling, dangerous, flawed, yet strangely endearing protagonist. This is modern, dark fantasy at its best and a debut to be envied." -- British Fantasy Society The area was generally out of bounds for any self-respecting citizen to venture, especially during the hours of darkness as muggings were widespread, crime was commonplace, and press gangs were known to scour the waterfront to board suitable men for conscription and impressment into the Royal Navy.