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Christopher Rice breaks into the mainstream with his most powerful novel to date. Obsession, fantasy and nightmare collide in a harrowingly brilliant suspense thriller from the son of the legendary Anne Rice. 25-year-old journalist Adam Murphy is chasing a career-breaking story when he is abruptly fired by the magazine that employs him. Scarred by the failure of a recent relationship, he finds himself set adrift in the city of West Hollywood, where he meets mystery novelist James Wilton, a man whose life has been marked by bestsellerdom, fame and murder. Within days of joining Wilton's personal staff, Adam learns that his former lover has vanished without a trace and that his disappearance matches several other recent missing persons cases. Adam and Wilton begin to suspect a serial killer is preying on the city's young gay men and decide to investigate. But the truth is being guarded by a diabolical force neither man could have imagined and they explore paths of vengeance, murder and sexual perversion from the mansionstrung Hollywood Hills to the drug-ravaged plains of California's Central Valley.It is an investigation that will threaten not only their unlikely friendship, but their lives.
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A number of gay men are going missing in West Hollywood. A young journalist called Adam Murphy begins to investigate the cases assuming that there could be a serial killer on the loose. Events are taken out of his control when his ex-boyfriend goes missing and he is sacked from the magazine where he works. Adam then hooks up with a true-crime author and tries to find out what is going on.
As most of the book is written in the first person, we follow Adam down a number of blind-alleys and false trails, which can be incredibly frustrating and makes the plot (at times) impossibly convoluted!
I was really looking forward to 'Light Before Day' having loved Rice's other two novels. This book had a similar tone and atmosphere but, for me, it never engaged me quite as much. Please set the next one back in New Orleans!
Still worth a look, but if you haven't read it I'd buy 'Density Of Souls' instead.
As most of the book is written in the first person, we follow Adam down a number of blind-alleys and false trails, which can be incredibly frustrating and makes the plot (at times) impossibly convoluted!
I was really looking forward to 'Light Before Day' having loved Rice's other two novels. This book had a similar tone and atmosphere but, for me, it never engaged me quite as much. Please set the next one back in New Orleans!
Still worth a look, but if you haven't read it I'd buy 'Density Of Souls' instead.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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I have read Christopher Rice's last two novels and was eager get my hands on his latest offering. I can assure everyone that this is just as good, if not better, than them. The plot is supremely well crafted, the characters are well detailed. A story that you can completely lose yourself in. It is a taut well paced novel with a superb ending. Christopher Rice improves novel by novel - an exceptional read!
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I would have given it a three and a half if I had that option. I found it a little bit confusing if I'm honest with you. It all made sense in the end but I didn't find the threads coming together as satisfying as I normally do with mystery/thriller type books. I thought the subject matter was really dark - although I wasn't especially bothered by that - and I liked the main character, even though he was clearly flawed. There was just something a little off about the writing but I can't quite put my finger on what it was.
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Refreshing horror
I discovered Christopher Rice because, having read all Anne Rice's books as soon as they came out, I couldn't ignore his birth and existence and I did read his first book out of... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2007 by Jacques COULARDEAU
Another thrilling read from Rice!
This is my third Christoper Rice novel and they are all on a par with each other. Fast paced, many twists and lots of suprises, this is a thrilling read. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2007 by Philip Thompson
He's managed it again!
I enjoyed reading both of Rice's previous books but somehow they didn't prepare me for this one! The pace of the story was so fast that I just couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 6 April 2007 by C. Hyland
Like walking through treacle.
I eagerly anticapted the release of Christopher Rice's third book as I really enjoyed the first two but this novel was like attempting to walk through treacle. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2007 by M. P. OKeefe
He's done it again!
I got this book 4 days ago, and couldn't put it down. Great (albeit a bit disturbing) storyline, twists and turns just when you least expect them, wonderful prose, intriguing... Read more
Published on 8 April 2005 by Elvin Tuygan
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