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Mike Yorke #3
Final Countdown
The final part in the trilogy based around Holy Island. This gripping conclusion in the series will keep you on the edge of the seat and will pull you in to the fantastic story telling ability of Sheila Quigley.
303 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2012
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Sheila Quigley
25 books52 followersSheila Quigley started work at 15 as a presser in Hepworths, a tailoring factory. She married at 18 and had three daughters: Dawn, Janine and Diane and a younger son, Michael. Recently divorced, she now has eight grandchildren, five boys and three girls, and every Saturday and Sunday can be found at a football match for the under tens and under fifteens. Sheila has lived on the Homelands Estate (at present with her son and two dogs) at Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland for 30 years.
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October 21, 2015
Sheila Quigley's Holy Island Trilogy has all the hallmarks of a page turner....a global conspiracy with historic antecedents, murders, abductions and abuse of various kinds, with some separated lovers and cute dogs thrown in. The Holy Island link is bound to appeal to those who know and love the place.
I read this final story in the trilogy very rapidly and enjoyed it up to a point. But there is no getting away from the thinness of the plot, the plotholes and inconsistencies and the sudden all too easy and simplified resolution which reminded me slightly of the ending of a Shakespeare play with its' sudden revelations and glib acceptance of them.
I feel that Quigley got hold of a very big idea which she set up well but then found it was maybe bigger than she could handle so ended up cutting corners all over the place. That said I found the whole trilogy enjoyable overall and thought provoking ...... (Though the thoughts provoked are not necessarily what Quigley intended.) I also felt that there was an excessive amount of conversation heavily laced with the f word and other fruity terms. This gets excessively boring after a while and loses it's initial impact.
I would really rate it a 3.5 star but as a piece of easy read escapism I have allotted 4. I find that despite the inconsistencies, the thin plotting and the all too convenient ease of escape from dire situations the overall ideas and some of the characters have taken up residence in my brain..... For a while.
Quigley has a fair way to go to rival the giants of the genre but earthing the stories in Teeside and Northumberland gives them a strong appeal for Brits who love our diverse voices and localities.
I read this final story in the trilogy very rapidly and enjoyed it up to a point. But there is no getting away from the thinness of the plot, the plotholes and inconsistencies and the sudden all too easy and simplified resolution which reminded me slightly of the ending of a Shakespeare play with its' sudden revelations and glib acceptance of them.
I feel that Quigley got hold of a very big idea which she set up well but then found it was maybe bigger than she could handle so ended up cutting corners all over the place. That said I found the whole trilogy enjoyable overall and thought provoking ...... (Though the thoughts provoked are not necessarily what Quigley intended.) I also felt that there was an excessive amount of conversation heavily laced with the f word and other fruity terms. This gets excessively boring after a while and loses it's initial impact.
I would really rate it a 3.5 star but as a piece of easy read escapism I have allotted 4. I find that despite the inconsistencies, the thin plotting and the all too convenient ease of escape from dire situations the overall ideas and some of the characters have taken up residence in my brain..... For a while.
Quigley has a fair way to go to rival the giants of the genre but earthing the stories in Teeside and Northumberland gives them a strong appeal for Brits who love our diverse voices and localities.
August 21, 2014
Well this trilogy started well, struggled a bit in the middle and turned to mush in book three. Sorry Sheila I love your work but this read like a childish fairytale. It didn't ask you to suspend disbelief, it shattered it and the writing style was amateurish at best.
February 3, 2016
Another great book about Detective Mike Yorke. This book again follows on from the last in the quest to escape the families and to find out exactly what's going on. Mike's Aunt May seems to hold all the pieces of the puzzle but is Mike going to like what she has to tell him.
August 3, 2021
Brilliant read after reading Thorn in my side and Nowhere Man The Final Countdown was excellent. a Great Trilogy worth reading.
July 1, 2022
A familiar theme, secret organisations ruling the world, that has been done better in my opinion. However it was enough of a page-turner to keep me going until the end
March 2, 2025
Page Turner👍
A Trilogy that you keep reading to the end,with a story line giving you undercurrents of Belief!
Likeable characters, thoroughly enjoyed this read 👌
A Trilogy that you keep reading to the end,with a story line giving you undercurrents of Belief!
Likeable characters, thoroughly enjoyed this read 👌
February 12, 2013
This is the last book in the Trilogy featuring DI Mike York and the Families where loose ends are tied up but with more questions you want answering hence why only gave it four stars but still a great read
February 13, 2013
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March 3, 2013Too many questions left unanswered.
Very good trilogy.
Thoroughly enjoyed all three books
Very good trilogy.
Thoroughly enjoyed all three books
June 12, 2013
Has a disappointing ending
November 3, 2014
Good ending, left open so that there could be more to come.
September 11, 2014
Really enjoyed this series but disappointed with the ending and hope there is a follow on book.
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