- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books; First UK Edition, First Printing edition (July 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749900768
- ISBN-13: 978-0749900762
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 953,053 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Martin Edwards writes terrific crime novels about Harry Devlin ...with bruised emotions, a nice line in self-deprecation and penchant for Mersey low-life' -- Marcel Berlins, Guardian 'Mr Edwards' quietly effective mysteries are a pleasure to encounter' -- New Law Journal 'Harry is a likeable man with a wry sense of humour ... Good entertainment with no unnecessary frills' -- Susanna Yager, Sunday Telegraph 'The chameleon city of Liverpool has provided a dramatic background for Edwards' Harry Devlin novels, revealing itsefl in all its seediness and splendour' -- Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News
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New Law Journal
'Mr Edwards' quietly effective mysteries are a pleasure to encounter'
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Harry Devlin is a Liverpool Solicitor. His estranged wife turns up on his doorstep and stays one night, but in spite of promises to stick around, she disappears the following day and is later found murdered. First the police question Harry, then release him due to lack of evidence. Harry is obsessed by the woman he lost so is determined to find the killer and bring him to justice. This is an excellent mystery thriller and although there is a small amount of legal jargon, the plot is so good that even a legal phobe will be gripped by the book. Read it and enjoy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
All the Lonely People is a good title for this soft boiled crime novel set in Liverpool. It is not a bad story, but the whole discourse is premised on imagining that every single person in Liverpool is sick, diseased, mentally unbalanced or similarly afflicted. There is hardly a character (perhaps one)that is anywhere near a normal human being, (and no, I don't mean middle class well heeled people) - I just mean normal and human. I have known Liverpool for many years, and I realise that the soicitor in the book is dealing most of the time with the dregs of society, but amongst all levels in Liverpool I have always met plenty of really good, warm hearted,decent people, not matter how hard up they were. Of course this kind of novel has to have the bad guys outlined realistically, my problem is that there is hardly a character who is in any way endearing at all to the reader, and it's difficult to identify even with the main character. Also there were a few too many red herring chatacters, which made the detail confusing, and two thirds of the way through I didn't give a damn who was the murderer, because I didn't care....
But congrats on my not spotting who dunnit until near the end, so I did want to get there just to find out. Many of the characters are well drawn but the whole is too depressing and gives a false impression of this wonderful city.
But congrats on my not spotting who dunnit until near the end, so I did want to get there just to find out. Many of the characters are well drawn but the whole is too depressing and gives a false impression of this wonderful city.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good who-done it
18 Jan 2004
Format:Hardcover
His estranged wife Liz, who he has not seen since she deserted him for Mick Coghlan two years ago, sits in his living room waiting for attorney Harry Devlin to come home. When he arrives she asks him if she could crash here as she is scared of Mick, whom she is leaving for a married man. Still wanting Liz, Harry reluctantly agrees.
Two mornings later, Detective Inspector Skinner and his partner D.S. MacBeth question Harry on his whereabouts as someone killed Liz. The police believe an angry Harry stabbed his wife numerous times over her using him. Harry feels Mick is the culprit. However, he is shocked when a reporter friend tells him that Liz was two months pregnant. Realizing that he remains the prime suspect, Harry begins making inquiries into Liz's life, especially since she walked out on him.
While the amateur sleuth investigation occurs somewhat late, the tale effortlessly switches back and forth between legal thriller and police procedural. Harry serves as the glue and the focus of the varying sub-genre subplots. The support cast either enhances the murder whodunit or enables the audience to better understand Harry. Martin Edwards serves up an electrifying story line that traverses the mystery realm.
Harriet Klausner
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Pedestrian Starter for Edwards
9 Mar 2006
Format:Hardcover
Harry Devlin is an attorney who married a beautiful woman with a mischievous and magnetic personality. He can't quit her, even though she left him for a few other men with zero regard for his feelings. When she's murdered, Devlin is possessed by the desire to find her killer.
Devlin's quest for justice seems a little unbelievable. She was a horrible person who deeply wounded her husband with her infidelities, and I found it hard to believe he "could not rest until he found the killer!" The writing style is O.K., but there are too many forced similes that grate on the reader after a few chapters. Ending a chapter with a "mysterious" question is also a thriller no-no--"Could it be that our hero was wrong in his suspicion of Bob as the killer?!" Kind of corny.
The criminal would have been quite easy to identify, for both the police and Devlin, if Edwards would not have withheld obvious relationships among the suspects. Martin has promise, but this is not a first-rate novel.
Devlin's quest for justice seems a little unbelievable. She was a horrible person who deeply wounded her husband with her infidelities, and I found it hard to believe he "could not rest until he found the killer!" The writing style is O.K., but there are too many forced similes that grate on the reader after a few chapters. Ending a chapter with a "mysterious" question is also a thriller no-no--"Could it be that our hero was wrong in his suspicion of Bob as the killer?!" Kind of corny.
The criminal would have been quite easy to identify, for both the police and Devlin, if Edwards would not have withheld obvious relationships among the suspects. Martin has promise, but this is not a first-rate novel.
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