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Five to One [Kindle Edition]

Chris Chalmers (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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Every moment starts somewhere...

A pilot on the verge of retirement receives a highly unorthodox mission...
A City boy-turned-gardener is pursued by a client’s stunning Polish au pair...
A lonely care home assistant from a Brixton council estate is accused of assaulting an old lady in the night...
A travelling Kiwi considers parenthood with a woman from his past...
And an estate agent, adrift in the Galapagos, succumbs to a dangerous infatuation while her fiancé is away with the giant tortoises.

Five lives converge in a moment of terror when a helicopter crash lands on Clapham Common at 12:55 on a sunny afternoon. It's a day that changes them forever. And for some of them, it's also their last.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 518 KB
  • Print Length: 252 pages
  • Publisher: Wink Publishing (23 April 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B007X6V8QY
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Not Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #183,502 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Five to One by Chris Chalmers 10 July 2012
By Caro Gold
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An ex-financier turned gardener tries to salvage his failing marriage, a care worker deals with her lazy sister and false accusations, an estate agent tries to convince herself that she truly loves her fiance and a visiting Kiwi tries to find purpose in his life: A charming and well observed portrait of human life in the bustling melting pot that is London, "Five to One" is a collection of four stories brought together by tragedy. Although written with a clear love for London, I actually found the chapters set in the breathtakingly beautiful Galapagos Islands refreshing and really wonderfully written. Chris Chalmers has a great ear for dialogue and his characters are well drawn, their flaws and all. This is a book about humanity, the people you see everyday. It's a book about the struggles people face and the strength required to overcome them, the stuff that makes ordinary people, extraordinary.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific edge-of-the-seat stuff! 28 Dec 2012
By Mrs de Winter
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Compelling from page one, a cast of believable characters hurtle towards an unknown fate. You get to like them. You start to care about them. You have to keep reading to make sure they survive. An ideal holiday read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sit back and enjoy 17 Oct 2012
By webbie
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If you want to unwind, remove yourself from the day-to-day drudgeries and 24-hour bad news, then step into the world of Five to One and have a bloody good laugh. It's rare to find a book which makes you snort out loud, but Chris Chalmers has done it, and I thank him for the tonic! Brilliantly observed and with some cracking one-liners, Five to One is a supremely enjoyable vignette of some of the lives of our times, with a serving or two of pathos to hold up that mirror to us all. An excellent first novel, and I'm looking forward to the next one.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic read from a rather interesting author
Really enjoyed 'Five to One'. I got a bit lost in the beginning with tying the threads together which all came together beautifully later (maybe my particularities rather than the... Read more
Published 16 days ago by JaynieR
5.0 out of 5 stars ... Loved this book
This author has a wonderful insight into "real" characters. I loved the way I was drawn into the stories about the various, seemingly unlinked, characters and into their disparate... Read more
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A great book that you don't want to put down ,the characters draw you in to their lives and I wanted to know more about them . Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. B
5.0 out of 5 stars FIVE TO ONE
I really enjoyed FIVE TO ONE, and not only for its whirligig structure that pulls you in with gravitational force. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mr Chris Megson
4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect summer read
Having just finished a rather bleak novel I was in search of something to lighten the mood. Chris Chalmers book was a perfect antidote. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Doc
4.0 out of 5 stars Five to One
Chris Chalmers deftly manages the convergence of a most disparate set of people from widely different walks of life (and manners of speech) into a disaster on Clapham Common. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Baroness
4.0 out of 5 stars A gem
Funny, smart and really well paced. A love letter to London written with real aplomb. The care taken in the structure of this book really pays off as the five stories are stitched... Read more
Published 10 months ago by DJB
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
An old friend, with impeccable reading taste, recommended Five to One and has maintained their unbroken reputation. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mbee1
5.0 out of 5 stars you have to read this book!
From the very start Chalmers' brilliant ability to set the scene and engage his reader made it difficult to put this book down! Read more
Published 10 months ago by JBC
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