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'Highly original and very entertaining' (Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine )
'Deaver writes with clarity, compassion, and intelligence, and with a decidedly human and contemporary slant'
-- (Publishers Weekly )
'Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense!' (People Magazine )
'Deaver writes with clarity, compassion, and intelligence, and with a decidedly human and contemporary slant'
-- (Publishers Weekly )
'Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense!' (People Magazine )
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'Deaver is a master of ticking-bomb suspense!'
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the author's earlier works, and while it is not one of his best efforts, it is still a cut above what is currently proferred by other writers of this genre. Jeffrey Deaver writes with a decidely contemporary feel, his prose always spare and lean. While he does not dwell unduly on character development, it does not deter from the book, as it is wholly plot driven, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing until the last minute. It makes for a quick, enjoyable read.
The book revolves around a decades old bank robbery in which the million dollars heisted was never recovered. This robbery was memorialized in an old bete noire film entitled Manhattan is My Beat. Enter the story's unlikely heroine, twenty year old Rune of the purple hair, who work in a video store, squats in an abandoned loft which she calls home, and has an imagination that doesn't quit. When one of her video customers is killed execution style in his apartment, Rune is drawn into events of the past, as they converge upon the present. The now dead customer had repeatedly rented the film Manhattan is My Beat, and Rune firmly believes that there is a connection between his death and the age old bank heist. Her do or die resolve to discover why her customer was killed leads the moxie endowed Rune on a merry and dangerous chase. It is one which keeps the reader fully engaged and entertained.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This, the first of three novels featuring Rune, a young prospective film maker in New York, is Jeffery Deaver's earliest novel. It is a good read, though not as good as some of his later books, notably the Lincoln Rhyme series. Rune is a likeable character, though one feels that the other people in the story are rather underdeveloped. Nonetheless, a good and easy read, with characteristic Deaver twists. Worth reading.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is one of the author's earlier works, and while it is not one of his best efforts, it is still a cut above what is currently proffered by other writers of this genre. Jeffrey Deaver writes with a decidely contemporary feel, his prose always spare and lean. While he does not dwell unduly on character development, it does not deter from the book, as it is wholly plot driven, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader guessing until the last minute. It makes for a quick, enjoyable read.
The book revolves around a decades old bank robbery in which the million dollars heisted was never recovered. This robbery was memorialized in an old bete noire film entitled "Manhattan Is My Beat". Enter the story's unlikely heroine, twenty year old Rune of the purple hair, who work in a video store, squats in an abandoned loft which she calls home, and has an imagination that doesn't quit. When one of her video customers is killed execution style in his apartment, Rune is drawn into events of the past, as they converge upon the present. The now dead customer had repeatedly rented the film "Manhattan Is My Beat", and Rune firmly believes that there is a connection between his death and the age old bank heist. Her do or die resolve to discover why her customer was killed leads the moxie endowed Rune on a merry and dangerous chase. It is one that keeps the reader fully engaged and entertained.
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Seamless story
This book just whizzes along and suggests it was fun to write.
The first of the Rune series, Deaver effortlessly weaves our heroine's ditzy lifestyle with a pacey... Read more
The first of the Rune series, Deaver effortlessly weaves our heroine's ditzy lifestyle with a pacey... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Clive A. H. Still
Refreshing
Manhattan is My Beat is the first book in Jeffrey Deaver's Rune series. The main character, Rune, is twenty and petite. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Cloggie Downunder
Good
I bought this for my partner who loves the Deaver novels. He was disappointed in the Rune series as he feels that he was spoint with the Lincoln Rhyme series ie The Bone Collector... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2010 by R. Spencer
A good read
This is one of the author's earlier novels when he was, perhaps, still finding his feet, but it's still a good book with an intriguing plot. Read more
Published on 11 April 2009 by Peter Smith
A BRASH AND BREEZY MYSTERY...
This is one of the author's earlier works, and while it is not one of his best efforts, it is still a cut above what is currently proffered by other writers of this genre. Read more
Published on 18 April 2007 by Lawyeraau
A BRASH AND BREEZY READ...
This is one of the author's earlier works, and while it is not one of his best efforts, it is still a cut above what is currently proffered by other writers of this genre. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2006 by Lawyeraau
Deaver can do better
Deaver's protagonist in this book is a young woman with a vivid imagination. In fact she lives in a fairy tale world. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2002 by "pennymwood2"
Read his later books
It seems as if Jeffery Deaver's success with his later novels have meant some of his earlier books have now been published on this side of the Atlantic, and this is one of them. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2002
More interesting in second half
The story line is not that great compare to other Deaver books, but what makes this book so interesting is second half. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2001 by atul_b_malviya@hotmail.com
Interesting but somewhat childish thriller
This novel from early in Deaver's career illustrates the themes that would later make 'The Devil's Teardrop' such a great thriller. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2000 by doubledown11_1999@yahoo.com
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