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A truly international 21st century thriller with an exquisite denouement...there is a carefully measured build-up of tension and an angry hornet’s nest of menace … The characters are real, the action convincing and the writing style satisfyingly literate - Guardian
Sharp, smart...this will grip you from beginning to end - Time Out
In the Evil Day combines the sparse, precise and frankly killer prose which made The Broken Shore such a treat and puts it to perfect service in a book which begs to be read and, ultimately, filmed - Dublin Evening Herald
Another triumph for this fine writer - Daily Telegraph
There can be few pleasures greater than discovering an author whose work is so consistently good that the anticipation of their next book is itself a joy...Polished gems of De Beers quality...In The Evil Day is a gritty realistic international conspiracy...the pace is insistent and driving from the outset and never lets up. Temple is an intelligent writer and cleverly spins out the suspense and his characterisation, while spare, is at the same time richly detailed in a way that only gifted writes manage. Many books are described as thrillers, few of them truly are. In The Evil Day is a rare exception - Sunday Express
Sharp, smart...this will grip you from beginning to end - Time Out
In the Evil Day combines the sparse, precise and frankly killer prose which made The Broken Shore such a treat and puts it to perfect service in a book which begs to be read and, ultimately, filmed - Dublin Evening Herald
Another triumph for this fine writer - Daily Telegraph
There can be few pleasures greater than discovering an author whose work is so consistently good that the anticipation of their next book is itself a joy...Polished gems of De Beers quality...In The Evil Day is a gritty realistic international conspiracy...the pace is insistent and driving from the outset and never lets up. Temple is an intelligent writer and cleverly spins out the suspense and his characterisation, while spare, is at the same time richly detailed in a way that only gifted writes manage. Many books are described as thrillers, few of them truly are. In The Evil Day is a rare exception - Sunday Express
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic thriller in unusual style,
By Jo Harris (Exeter) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In The Evil Day (Paperback)
This is a classic international thriller in some ways, akin to the Le Carre of eg 'Little Drummer Girl' in its use of an 'ethical' conspiracy, multiple viewpoints, locations and countries. Peter Temple's book concerns a fragment of film showing an ambiguous but violent event in central Africa which may have been connected to American troops. When this film falls into the hands of an 'innocent' security guard with a dangerous but half-forgotten background, big forces begin to move to protect the secret. The atmosphere is swirling, a bit murky, with some digression, but very different from your typical big thriller. Some of the connections in the plot seem a bit clunky too (would such a vital bit of film really be passed around on a VHS tape?! in the modern world) but it's one of those books you forgive because you enjoy the story and you fear for the characters, ruthless though they are. Highly recommended as a different, very involving thriller, that stops itself just on the right side of being 'literary.'
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: In The Evil Day (Paperback)
If you haven't discovered Peter Temple yet, then do yourself a favour and grab a copy of this -- or indeed any of his novels. The plots are great, but it is the characters that really stand out. No-one has a better ear for the Australian vernacular, particularly rural Australia. He has an incredibly dry wit that will make you laugh out loud even as your pulse races in tune to the suspenseful action. This particular novel is a thriller and something of a departure for Temple, but he handles it superbly - set in the UK, Germany and South Africa, it has all the global conspiracy ingredients one would expect. But if you prefer crime to thriller, then check out the Jack Irish novels.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Brilliant Book,
By greatsmile "hjb" (Darmstadt, Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: In The Evil Day (Paperback)
P.T.is a brillant writer, this is probably his best among a very good canon
of titles like "The Broken Shore", "Iron Rose" or the Jack Irish series.He was a real discovery for me, desperate to find readable stuff in the following of Elmore Leonard, who has obviously lost his (once magnificent) touch, as his last novels were poor(old age,I suppose).Temple has a great ear for dialogue and idiom(Sth.African, German, British ), his characters are real and believable, his settings in this international thriller are so true by own experience you could walk along the streets of Hamburg, London or J.burg along with the action.His writing is pure quality, much more than "just"a crime novellist.Can`t wait for his next book.
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