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John Duncan

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in Aberdeen, The United Kingdom

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Crime, Thriller, Mystery

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Agatha Christie, Jeffery Deaver, Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Connolly, ...more

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John Duncan is Aberdeen born and bred. Growing up in the suburb of Bucksburn his love of books came from regular visits to the library with his mum and time spent with wonderful English teachers at secondary school. He went on to be a teacher himself teaching English, Media Studies, and most recently working in Support for Learning.

Entranced by the thrills and suspense of Murder Mysteries from a young age, John always wanted to create a dark mystery world of his own – it only took him three and half decades to finally sit down and do it. Now he has started there’s no stopping as he is researching and writing with any spare time he has.

One thing his wants to get across in his books is the history of the place he calls home. The northeast of ...more

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	The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind (Goodreads Author), Joe Nocera (Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 29,111 ratings — published 2003 — 30 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
	Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie, John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.66 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1886 — 114 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
	The Denburn (Roach and Tennant Book 1) 4.45 avg rating — 71 ratings — 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
	Myths of Crete and Pre-Hellenic Europe by Donald A. Mackenzie, John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1917 — 68 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
	A Pocket Guide to Weather by Julie Lloyd, John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.76 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	The Majesty Of Savannah by Peter Beney (Contributor), John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1992 — 5 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
	Mechanics of Sheet Metal Forming by S. Jack Hu, Zdzisław Marciniak (Editor), John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 7 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
	Functional Neuroimaging of Visual Cognition (Attention and Performance Series) by Nancy Kanwisher (editor), John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004	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
	Attention, Space, and Action: Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience by Glyn W. Humphreys (editor), John Duncan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Anne Treisman (Editor) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1999 — 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
	The Animal and the Thinker by John Duncan (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“Sin is the handle by which I get Christ,...”
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“Every dog deserves a place to live.
Every dog deserves a place in your heart.
Every dog deserves a place to walk.
Every dog deserves a place to run.
John Duncan.”
― John Duncan, Terror Pit Bulls Born Into a World of Violence

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“Touch not the fighting-dog without a glove.
Give me a fighting-dog and I come alive.
Fighting-dogs always meant more to Tom Mitchell than people.”
― John Duncan, Terror Pit Bulls Born Into a World of Violence

tags: action-fiction, and-satan, deceitful, evil, super-creepy, suspenseful

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