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'Rowson adds an appealing hero to the British procedural ranks.' --Kirkus
'A gripping suspense filled murder case, an entertaining read in an engaging series' --Booklist (The Suffocating Sea)
'Strong plots, nice characterisation and dialogue. Rowson is clearly a crime writer to watch.' --Amazon.com (Tide of Death)
'Rowson turns out an exemplary procedural with the requisite plot twists, double-crosses and all loose ends tied up neatly in a sailor's knot.' (Dead Man's Wharf- a DI Horton marine mystery crime novel.) --Kirkus
'Strong plots, nice characterisation and dialogue. Rowson is clearly a crime writer to watch.' --Amazon.com (Tide of Death)
'A gripping suspense filled murder case, an entertaining read in an engaging series' --Booklist (The Suffocating Sea)
'Strong plots, nice characterisation and dialogue. Rowson is clearly a crime writer to watch.' --Amazon.com (Tide of Death)
'Rowson turns out an exemplary procedural with the requisite plot twists, double-crosses and all loose ends tied up neatly in a sailor's knot.' (Dead Man's Wharf- a DI Horton marine mystery crime novel.) --Kirkus
'Strong plots, nice characterisation and dialogue. Rowson is clearly a crime writer to watch.' --Amazon.com (Tide of Death)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Near the end of this book the hero detective's slower side kick (what a cliche) says of the solution revealed by our hero "it beggars belief". Well with that I would have to agree. This is possibly the worst detective story / thriller I have ever read. There aren't holes in the plot so much as yawning chasms. The earlier reviewer is correct in that you are very unlikely to predict the solution but unfortunately that is because of the absurd improbability of the whole thing.
The plot inadequacies are not even compensated for by good characterisations almost all of the characters are cliches.
1. The hero detective with marriage problems
2. The loyal deputy
3. The superior officer who dislikes our hero and who is a less good policeman and only interested in self promotion and a "quick result".
4. Minor criminals who confess to all sorts of things when our hero implausibly threatens to charge them with murder...
etc etc
Usually when you read a book, even one you don't like or don't enjoy you can find something +ve to take away. But not this one. Reading this book was a complete and utter waste of time and energy and I am really angry with myself for finishing it. My only excuse is that there was something hypnotic about how bad it was.
The plot inadequacies are not even compensated for by good characterisations almost all of the characters are cliches.
1. The hero detective with marriage problems
2. The loyal deputy
3. The superior officer who dislikes our hero and who is a less good policeman and only interested in self promotion and a "quick result".
4. Minor criminals who confess to all sorts of things when our hero implausibly threatens to charge them with murder...
etc etc
Usually when you read a book, even one you don't like or don't enjoy you can find something +ve to take away. But not this one. Reading this book was a complete and utter waste of time and energy and I am really angry with myself for finishing it. My only excuse is that there was something hypnotic about how bad it was.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read many crime novels, both British and American, and I'm sorry to say I was disappointed with this one, I had hoped I had found a new series to follow. It was difficult to engage with the characters, there were some irritating mistakes such as referring to the "autopsy" when in the UK it is a post-mortem. I was not sufficiently intrigued to even finsh the book.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've read all Pauline Rowson's crime novels and have been surprised at the ending of each one, they're so full of twists and turns. Just when you think you've got it sussed she drops in another bombshell. I really enjoyed Deadly Waters, and love DI Andy Horton. Can't wait for the next one.
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