- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Orion; New edition edition (10 Aug 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575402873
- ISBN-13: 978-0575402874
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 11 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,062,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sam Turner, twice-married Bob Dylan fan with a drink problem, is doing all right for himself - for a change. He's got an office and a staff now, even if that's only former street kid Geordie, unemployed former snooker player and womaniser Gus, and retired English teacher Celia. He's even got a client. What Sam doesn't know is that his client, Norman, is on the run, an escaped psychopath who kills with no compunction at all . . . 'Baker takes more risks than many writers would dare and triumphs' Manchester Evening News
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John Baker is the author of four Sam Turner novels, Poet in the Corner, Death Minus Zero and Walking With Ghosts. His latest novel is The Chinese Girl.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The second Sam Turner mystery is diferent to the first. Norman Bunce escapes from a high security prison in the south of England and makes his way North, to York, where he hopes to find his ex-girlfriend, Snow White, who has run off with his stash. Norman is an effective foe for Sam Turner, because Norman is a loner and makes his way in the world by taking whatever he wants and exploiting whoever stands in his way. Sam, of the other hand, draws strength from his relations with other people, he values his friends and cares for their wellbeing. With this dichotomy, Baker presents us with a strongly themed novel that grips from page one. The characters are as strong as ever, and the humour is blacker than the back of the devil.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Death Minus Zero - No Limit
25 Sep 2005
Format:Paperback
Sam Turner is fifty-something, kind, but tough when he has to be. And he's a recovering alcoholic who listens to a lot of Bob Dylan. His private investigation firm is off to a good start. Attorneys, insurance companies, and private citizens have started coming to him and he's encouraged by his early success.
Meanwhile a mentally unbalanced inmate named Norman Bunce has escaped from Dartmoor prison and he brutally robs and plunders, kills and corrupts his way up to York while Sam is getting his act together. When Norman gets to town he hires Sam to find an ex-girlfriend he calls Snow White (because she'd made off with his stash). Sam sees straightaway that Norman might not be the most straightforward, straight and narrow client on the planet, but he's short on cash so he takes the case.
Norman moves in with Janet, a girl rowing with only one oar in the water who has a crush on John Lennon. But he can't help himself and soon unexplained bodies start piling up. Sam is suspicious about Norman so he has him followed and Norman begins to suspect that Sam is on to him.
Sam Turner is an engaging character, as is Norman in his own way. Add to the mix the splendid supporting cast and you have a book that is impossible not to like. I loved it and it gets five stars from me.
Reviewed by Vesta Irene
Meanwhile a mentally unbalanced inmate named Norman Bunce has escaped from Dartmoor prison and he brutally robs and plunders, kills and corrupts his way up to York while Sam is getting his act together. When Norman gets to town he hires Sam to find an ex-girlfriend he calls Snow White (because she'd made off with his stash). Sam sees straightaway that Norman might not be the most straightforward, straight and narrow client on the planet, but he's short on cash so he takes the case.
Norman moves in with Janet, a girl rowing with only one oar in the water who has a crush on John Lennon. But he can't help himself and soon unexplained bodies start piling up. Sam is suspicious about Norman so he has him followed and Norman begins to suspect that Sam is on to him.
Sam Turner is an engaging character, as is Norman in his own way. Add to the mix the splendid supporting cast and you have a book that is impossible not to like. I loved it and it gets five stars from me.
Reviewed by Vesta Irene
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A very good read.
9 April 2005
Format:Paperback
This series came recommended to me by one of my U.K. booksellers. I read the first in the series and wasn't completely sold, but I am now. Sam and his staff are great characters and well written. I cheered the end of the book, not because I was glad to see it end but because the end was very well deserved. Happily, books 3 - 5 are waiting on my shelf.
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