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Mission Flats [Kindle Edition]

William Landay (Author)
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'A most assured debut, cleverly plotted with an unguessable ending' - Sunday Telegraph 'A compelling debut...Juicy characterisation and a strong affinity for moral ambiguity. It marks the blooding of a major new talent with shades of George HIggins and Scott Turow' - Guardian An impressive and constantly surprising debut...The main plot twist knocks you sideways and there's more to come. A marvellous, unexpected novel. - Time Out 'A mixture of poignant, literary Americana and dialogue driven suspense, this impressive debut novel delivers a well-judged final shock and left me looking forward to more from Mr Landay' - Morning Star

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'Excruciatingly suspenseful...Landay gives us an original detective creation and delivers an action-packed plot with a skilfully detonated final surprise'
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 612 KB
  • Print Length: 516 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0552153508
  • Publisher: Transworld Digital (27 April 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003F2QO82
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #22,655 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By lmhh VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
Mission Flats is not so much a crime novel (despite being a winner of the Crime Writers Association John Creasey award) as a novel about crime. Unlike some of the more prosaic police procedurals, where you race through pages only taking note of the words you need to follow the plot, this is a novel where you can enjoy the language for its own sake. Take the following example from close to the end of the book "But the story never ends, does it? History - the rolling wave of incident after incident, propelled by currents of chance and luck and coincidence - streams right along with no regard for beginnings or endings. The only true end is the present moment, the seething forward edge of the wave."

This does not mean however that the crimes around which the narrative revolves, or the characters get lost in the language. On the contrary, the book is action packed, the crimes will hold your interest, you won't see the end coming and despite a few sterotypes here and there (the retired policeman teaching the naive youngster how to detect, the sparky female DA) the characters have sufficient moral ambiguity to make them believable. An excellent debut
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Superb Debut 19 Oct 2005
Format:Paperback
An excellent read,three dimensional,and wholly believable characters,stylish writing,genuine emotions and a plot that keeps your mind working.The book is correctly paced,and the intelligence and literacy of the author are apparent throughout.I really want to know what happens next to the main characters life,and this writers next work is on my 'must buy' list-along with Cruz Smith and Hillerman
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Maine attraction 9 Aug 2003
Format:Hardcover
William Landay's Mission Flats promised to be a thoughtful, literate crime novel, and I wasn't disappointed.
The red door on the front cover drew me in, as I hoped that the book would live up to the beautifully written colours-for-emotions-of-flawed-characters type prose that Dennis Lehane regularly puts out. Again I wasn't disappointed.
From the beginning, the mystery is involving and the clues are dotted tastily along the way.
The main character is wonderfully human and his relationship with those around him is thought-provoking and warm, especially his dealings with his parents. His humour keeps you entertained until the pace quickens, and then the mystery and action takes a grip, and I really found this hard to put down.
His relationship with the old cop, the mentor, is not original,but one cannot help smiling at their oddball partnership as they find their way through war-torn Boston on the trail of the truth.
Oh, and there is a juicy twist which will have even the most ardent anoraks slapping their wrists.
I'm really looking forward to Mr Landays next effort. Anyone who can write well and still turn the pages is on my must-read list.
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