The Eel That Slept: A murder mystery set in the mountains of New Zealand, where gods and monsters of Maori mythology still haunt the rivers and valleys.

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Parts of this book were good, parts not so good, and I struggled with the author's writing of his female characters, and his portrayal of the Māori characters. Commanding those eels took whistles, finger snaps, a flute sometimes and wrestling if they get too out of hand. Marie knows that Meursault's mother has just been buried because she asks him about his black tie, but she's unconcerned, for the most part.

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But when I heard people clapping and cheering my name that gave me more power and more courage to complete the other 50m. Sundays, for them, seem to have a routine: young men going to the movies, a waiter sweeping sawdust, a tobacco seller bringing a chair out onto the pavement, and the empty streetcars going by. It feels like being slowly filled with something that creates an immense sense of pleasure, tingling, and a general good feeling. Since the 1960s scientists have understood that our dreams happen during the rapid eye movement (REM) phase of the sleep cycle. The crab opened the huge shutters on the side of the building for the eels to come into and unlocked the door for Deep Cut.Meursault has not yet made this discovery, but Meursault is not, by nature, introspective; he likes small pleasures — sex, swimming, a good night's sleep, and smoking. Mikel Arteta accepts he is to blame for Arsenal's painful Carabao Cup exit at West Ham asstrikes from Kudus. On those rare occasions when they’re the perfect size and you’re totally synced, it feels like a key going into a lock and two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle slotting together.

The Eel That Slept (Blood of the Pacific)-Martin Sansom The Eel That Slept (Blood of the Pacific)-Martin Sansom

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