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When Kate Sumner's corpse is discovered naked, bruised, prone and violated on the rocks of a sleepy South Coast town by two curious young boys and her tiny, traumatised daughter is found wandering alone several miles away, police are instinctively drawn to two suspects. William Sumner, Kate's husband, and Steven Harding, a handsome would-be actor, find themselves at the centre of the investigation and as police suspicions grow, their fatally flawed personalities are gradually disembowelled in the search for the truth. The clever presentation of part of the evidence in the form of bland witness statements, stylishly contrasting with the fast-paced narrative that swoops between the two prime suspects, is an ingenious tool which allows the weaknesses of each man to be gradually revealed.
The Breaker is an example of the crime novel at its very best, with characters and situations so carefully judged that they become all the more believable as the story is pushed towards its chilling climax. Minette Walters has more than proved her exceptional talent for mystery and suspense in the award-winning The Ice House, The Sculptress and The Scold's Bridle and here merely confirms her unquestionable standing as the true Queen of intelligent crime writing. --Susan Harrison
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
She's written better,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Breaker (Paperback)
I have read all of Minette Walters' earlier books and thoroughly enjoyed them, and I was looking forward to reading this one as it sounded very interesting. I was a bit disappointed by it though. It was very readable but as earlier reviewers have pointed out, it was hard to care about any of the characters. The ending of the book was a bit of an anti-climax, as there were no real surprises and no compelling motive for the killer. I would recommend someone new to Minette Walters to start with another one of her books.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A huge disappointment,
By Mrs. K. A. Wheatley "katywheatley" (Leicester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Breaker (Paperback)
Plot wise I thought this book was very weak indeed. It just didn't hang together well enough to convince me that it was real. In some ways it reminded me of a bad rehash of the film "Dead Calm". I was extremely disappointed as I enjoyed her first three novels hugely. I thought "The Dark Room" was quite weak too and I was really hoping for a return to form here. Usually her characters are quite interesting although the dialogue is not always convincing, but the strength of the plot usually carries it off. Here, not only was the dialogue poor, the characters were fairly unsympathetic and the plot was silly. Nothing to recommend it.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Dire,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Breaker (Paperback)
This book is just terrible. It reads more like a journalistic account of events than a novel and, although police reports and other 'source' material can add to a book's authenticity if done properly, this simply read like a dreary bundle of evidence. The characters were poorly developed and I thought that if I read the phrase, 'he smiled wryly' once more, I would throw the book out the window. Avoid this one at all costs.
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