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A dark, gripping tale of solitude and evil from the No. 1 name in crime.
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In 1970, Harold Stamp, a retarded twenty-year-old was convicted on disputed evidence and a retracted confession of brutally murdering his grandmother - the one person who understood and protected him. Less than three years later he is dead, driven to suicide by isolation and despair. A fate befitting a murderer, perhaps, but what if he were innocent? Thirty years on, Jonathan Hughes, an anthropologist specialising in social stereotyping, comes across the case by accident. He finds alarming disparities in the evidence and has little doubt that Stamp's conviction was a terrible miscarriage of justice. But how far is Hughes prepared to go in the search for justice? Is the forgotten story of one friendless young man compelling enough to make him leave his books and face his own demons? And with what result? If Stamp didn't murder Grace Jeffries then somebody else did . . . and sleeping dogs are best left alone . . .
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disordered Minds,
By Rich (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Disordered Minds (Paperback)
Interesting characters though the plot hook is not as strong as in her other novels. Some editing would have helped as the pace of the novel is quite uneven. The climax is not so much built towards as arrived at.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
This review is from: Disordered Minds (Paperback)
Although I found the two 'detective' characters appealing and interesting, the people involved in the actual murders were not made to come to life for me - like another reviewer, I didn't care whodunnit.
Another big problem was the endless repetition of the events surrounding the murder. I feel that the different versions of events could have been presented (a) more clearly and (b) in a less tedious way. In places the characters seem to do things for no reason other than that the plot requires them to (e.g. when 'Cill' visits the agent in his home). I was never quite able to believe in any of the characters or their motivations. In general, I find this author's books to be well written but unconvincing in terms of both plot and characters.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
endless repetition,
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This review is from: Disordered Minds (Paperback)
This overlong book covers the same ground endlessly, yet still I couldn't get a sense of the chronology. If the middle third were removed the book would still make sense. We seem to cover the same points and like another reviwer, I almost gave up as I really didn't care whodunnit. The gloom is unrelenting with an occasional attempt at humour which is quite unconvincing. Disappointing for this author.
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