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The Chemical Reaction
Jaq Silver spicy engineering thriller Book #2
Dr Jaqueline Silver reluctantly accepts a contract in China, but the factory she is due to visit vanishes overnight along with her former student, Dan. After receiving a message in code, Jaq forms an uneasy alliance with a group of athletes daylighting as art thieves. She makes a road trip from the Shaolin Temple – home of Kung Fu – to the rare earth mines of Jiangxi. She outwits corrupt police, duplicitous industrialists, only to come face to face with death near the Banqiao hydroelectric dam, scene of the worst structural failure of the 20th century.
Series: Jaq Silver Thrillers
Formats available: Hardback, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
First published: 16/04/20
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Celebrating the re-issue of the Jaq Silver thriller quartet – I`ll send a book anywhere in the world to the first person to correctly identify the exact location of the photo(s) after each book title.
Be specific – the country alone is not enough.
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I swam 24km in 5 days. Hard work?
Try tuna canning, salt drying or sulphur mining…
https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/sulphur-and-salt
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phosphate-Rocks-Death-Ten-Objects-ebook/dp/B0CTRRXKNY
PS: The audio book narrated by @rain.goblin is pretty special too
We're thrilled our next guest will be @radiomukhers. Abir will be talking about 'The Pinnacle', 15th July (7pm).
It's free to attend @hull_libraries (Central) or via the online stream. All the info on the link below 📚
If you can get there then do, these sessions are hilarious
Produce a best seller in an hour with the #northerncrimesyndicate at @BoroLibraries Tuesday 23rd June 6.30pm.
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https://www.crossingthetees.org/whats_on/whose-crime-is-it-anyway/
📢 Latest Loss Prevention Bulletin Issue - Marking 40 Years Since Chernobyl
The issue offers valuable insights for anyone committed to strengthening process safety.
A sincere thank‑you to all contributors for their continued commitment
🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4uCIfIS
This weekend marks the 40 year anniversary of the worst recorded nuclear accident.
There is still much to learn.
#Chernobyl #Chornobyl #nuclearenergy #processsafety
https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaerskine/p/chernobyl-40-years-on?r=1fdqiv&utm_medium=ios
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‘A zombie regime, humiliated and crushed? Why do I find myself thinking of Russia’s Soviet Union-to-Vladimir Putin trajectory?’
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