- Paperback: 285 pages
- Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (12 Oct 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 057540292X
- ISBN-13: 978-0575402928
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,128,635 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Cook builds a family portrait in which violence seems both impossible and inevitable. It defies expectations ... surprising and devastating' Chicago Tribune.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thomas H. Cook is my favourite author in psychological suspense novels and this novel successfully proves it. It is a beautifully written thriller. Cook build-up an insightful and intuitive portrait of a man who lives between the past and the present. The extraordinary past (a father who coolly murders his wife, son and daughter) emerges naturally with marvelous descriptions of child's memories. I definitely recommend this book as I strongly believe that deserves more recognition
Format:Kindle Edition
I was drawn into this book in much the same was as with Red Leaves. If you are new to this author, i can only tell you that these two were cleverly written in a style i found easy to read, yet far from simplistic or lacking in ability. The only other of his books i have read was Peril which i found dull, uninspiring and not at all the style i was drawn to in this novel. Fair enough, an author can experiment, but i know what i like lol!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Plan to spend th wwhole day reading this one....
29 May 2000
Format:Paperback
Because you will NOT want to put it down! I can't think of anything to say about this amazing, edge of your seat, desperately want to read ahead for clues novel by Thomas Cook without giving anything away.
This story is typical a Cook novel in the fact that is takes place in the present and the past - the adult and the child must look back in the past to truly live life in the present. Mortal Memory focuses on Stephen Farris, a happily married man and successful architect with a gruesome past that he has successfully buried for many years until author Rebecca Soltero contacts him about his father.
As a child Stephen's father murdered his siblings and his mother - then cleaned his mother's body, ate a ham sandwich and left. He waited two hours alone in his house with the bodies of his family - all except for Stephen. What was he waiting for?
Stephen must dredge up his past for author Rebecca to make peace for himself. This a stunningly well crafted thriller as well as an amazingly unique story. One that continues to make you think long after you have finished the book. A plot that the reader will mostly likely remember for some time to come. One of the best thrillers I have read in ages.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Intense
24 Mar 2002
Format:Paperback
In Mortal Memory, Thomas Cook focuses on Steven Farris, a 40-something suburbanite who lives with the knowledge that his father murdered his mother and two siblings. Now an adult with his own family, Steven seems to live the perfect life until Rebecca enters. She has set out to write a novel about men who murder their families, and she wants to find out what Steven remembers about his own family. This causes Steven--who narrates this first-person tale--to dig far deeper into the psyche of his dead family; it turns out that he remembers much more than he thought. In the act of remembering, will Steven learn that the sins of the father revisit the son?
But what pushed his seemingly mild-mannered, gentle father into such a barbaric act?
Cook writes with a dreamlike quality; at times, I felt like I was wading through a dream, knowing in some ways how it would turn out but unable to wake up. His words are haunting, and this is a disturbing look into the secret world of a "normal" family. I thought I had the story all figured out, but I was truly surprised by a couple of twists along the way. I was unable to pull away from this novel and even dragged it along on vacation with me in order to finish it. This is worthy of valuable reading time. Don't expect a cleanly wrapped up ending; Cook's story here is a bit too complex for that. However, the writing is excellent, the story is compelling, and the characters get under the skin. Read this one!
But what pushed his seemingly mild-mannered, gentle father into such a barbaric act?
Cook writes with a dreamlike quality; at times, I felt like I was wading through a dream, knowing in some ways how it would turn out but unable to wake up. His words are haunting, and this is a disturbing look into the secret world of a "normal" family. I thought I had the story all figured out, but I was truly surprised by a couple of twists along the way. I was unable to pull away from this novel and even dragged it along on vacation with me in order to finish it. This is worthy of valuable reading time. Don't expect a cleanly wrapped up ending; Cook's story here is a bit too complex for that. However, the writing is excellent, the story is compelling, and the characters get under the skin. Read this one!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Maybe his best
15 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
An amazing psychological story. Cook always keeps me guessing but I really didn't get this until the end. Great writing, great insight into good and evil and how difficult it can be to see the real evil that's right in front of you. Things are not always what they seem to be, don't assume anything. I think that's the real message of this great story.
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