- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books; 1st edition (28 July 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 074990724X
- ISBN-13: 978-0749907242
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,762,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Kerr and Jacobson are a resolutely uncharming pair of policemen who are a pleasure to meet, and who offer hopes for a more rich reading in future additions to the series.' WASHINGTON POST 'Compares favourably with Ian Rankin... a compelling, fast-moving story that leaves the reader wondering where he will go from here.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'has a vivid sense of place... wonderfully characterised.' Andrew Taylor 'Iain McDowall has a superb ear for dialogue... very realistic.' NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE 'Scores on all fronts - good writing, good characters, solid plotting, highly readable and politically astute.' MORNING STAR 'A cracking pace.' MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
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A cracking pace.
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Chief Inspector Jacobson left his office on the dot of six o'clock, glad to be going. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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Chief Inspector Jacobson left his office on the dot of six o'clock, glad to be going. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book. Once I’d started reading, I couldn’t put it down until I’d read all the way to the last page. It’s fast paced and so well written. I found I really cared about the characters and about how the story would turn out. I hadn’t read any of Iain Mcdowall’s books before but now I’m going to order the other ones as well. Highly recommended if you like crime fiction that doesn’t insult your intelligence.
Format:Paperback
Fabulous book and part of the Jacobsen and Kerr series. Good plot - one to be read in one sitting!
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This was the first of the DI Jacobson and DS Kerr series that I have read and is set in the fictional Midlands town of Crowby.
The action starts from the first page and unfolds at a good pace through strong investigative work.
The style of writing is intelligent but at times can seem to be a bit cumbersome. The plot faces real issues in a realistic way - focused upon racial and political areas which can be uncomfortable reading at times when you realise that such actions are still going on behind the scenes.
The characters are solid and there is a stream of consciousness effect which gives them a reality that is can be easily related to as the novel progresses.
The action starts from the first page and unfolds at a good pace through strong investigative work.
The style of writing is intelligent but at times can seem to be a bit cumbersome. The plot faces real issues in a realistic way - focused upon racial and political areas which can be uncomfortable reading at times when you realise that such actions are still going on behind the scenes.
The characters are solid and there is a stream of consciousness effect which gives them a reality that is can be easily related to as the novel progresses.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Enjoyable
I had to constantly remind myself that this book was written by Iain McDowell and not Peter Robinson. The storyline and characters were Robinsonesque. Read more
Published on 11 April 2007 by I. H. Robinson
Good Plot but....
The storyline was good but the author seems to lack a flowing style and the writing is amateurish in places. Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2006
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