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Andrew Holmes

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Andrew Holmes’s first novel, ‘Sleb’, was shortlisted for the WH Smith New Talent Award in the UK. This was followed by ‘All Fur Coat’, ’64 Clarke’, and ‘Rain Dogs And Love Cats’, all of which were critically well received, earning him comparisons with Martin Amis and Elmore Leonard, among others.

As A.E. Moorat, he wrote the horror-comedy mash-ups, ‘Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter’ and ‘Henry VIII, Wolfman’, while as Oliver Bowden he has written six books set in the Assassin's Creed video game universe: ‘Secret Crusade’, ‘Forsaken’, ‘Black Flag’, ‘Unity’, ‘Underworld’ and ‘Desert Oath’. He has also collaborated with James Patterson on the novella, ‘Hunted’, part of Patterson’s Bookshot series.

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	Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade by Oliver Bowden, Andrew Holmes (Goodreads Author), Tullio Dobner (Traduttore) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,918 ratings — published 2011 — 74 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Andrew Holmes (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 7,963 ratings — published 2018 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forsaken (Assassin's Creed, #5) by Oliver Bowden, Andrew Holmes (Goodreads Author), Claire Jouanneau (Traductrice) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,723 ratings — published 2012 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (Assassin's Creed, #6) by Oliver Bowden, Andrew Holmes (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 5,711 ratings — published 2013 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jagad by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Andrew Holmes (Goodreads Author), Anders Tengner (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 3,802 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleb 3.32 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Kids 3.75 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rain Dogs and Love Cats 3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	64 Clarke 3.69 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Fur Coat 3.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How The Kids Got Bloody

How the kids got bloody, by Andrew Holmes

The germ of the idea for ‘Bloody Kids’ came to me when I was out running. I’d taken to deviating from my normal route and striking out in new directions, often on overgrown footpaths. Most times they’d be dead-ends or nothingy shortcuts, but I’d see a lot of stuff I’d never seen before. Derelict outbuildings, mostly. Crumbling brick overgrown with ivy, rust Read more of this blog post »

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