- Paperback: 220 pages
- Publisher: Millivres-Prowler Group Ltd (9 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1873741421
- ISBN-13: 978-1873741429
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 977,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I glanced at the first page of Needlepoint while on the phone waiting. . . and it took the poor person on the other end a great deal of effort to drag me back to the here-and-now; I had only intended a casual glance but as soon as my call was completed back I went to the book and finished it - and the fact that I did this despite being in the middle of packing to go to America for my first holiday in 25 years shows just what an attention-grabber the book is.
All this is the more amazing becasue it is Jenny Robert's first book - lets' have more, please and soon, Jenny - I read a great deal, and for a book to grab me in this way is unusual.
After that attention-grabbing start, the pace and plot picked up smoothly and easily, the background was excellent (and taught me a lot about a place that has always fascinated me -now I've GOT to go to Amsterdam!) and one of the things I really liked was that the sexy bits, while very sexy weren't overdone - in too many books these days I sigh and skip a few pages because I don't want to read yet another boring dose of something that is really only interesting in detail to the participants. Not so in 'Needlepoint'; the sex scenes were just enough to stir the imagination *VERY* nicely without producing any of that 'yawn' feeling. Also, the sex scenes weren't so heavily 'gay' that the book would be unreadable for a straight person. I feel that in today's more open society, the book would not be at all off-putting to the mainstream market. The other thing that really made the book for me was the good English - I am invariably put right off a book if I have to spend more time mentally correcting spelling grammar and syntax than reading the story.
Jenny - you've written a cracker and I am really looking forward to your next book. Thank you.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic book,I couldn't put it down.The characters come to life and if you like Amsterdam,you'll love this.I really felt as if I was there.This is the author's first book and I shall be eagerly awaiting another.There is a little bit of love story in it-not very graphic but nice and romantic.Definitely 5 stars.
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Cameron McGill is mourning the death of her sister Carrie, an investigative journalist whose body was found in an Amsterdam canal two months ago. Cameron, a drugs counsellor in the city of York, cannot move on from this event (unsurprisingly) so her boss gives her a month off work. She decides to go to Amsterdam to find out what she can about what happened to Carrie.
Cameron is a tough character who has had a difficult childhood and a wild phase in her youth. Now she drives a Harley Davidson and only goes in for short-term relationships. Upon arrival in Amsterdam, Cameron stays at a bed-and-breakfast owned by the friendly Mariette, who tells her what she can of Carrie's last weeks. Cameron finds it hard to believe the autopsy results, which showed that her sister died of a drug overdose, and remembers identifying her body for the Dutch police, which through her grief caused Cameron some puzzlement. When she visits the policeman who was looking into Carrie's death, however, he tells Cameron the case is closed even though the drug in her system was not identified.
Cameron is even more determined to find out what her sister was doing, soon becoming aware of what was obvious to the reader, that Carrie was investigating some leads rather than being a drug addict herself. Cameron goes to a women's restaurant then a gay bar, following up with local drug counsellors, squatters and with people using the methadone "buses" to try to build up a picture of what Carrie was doing.
I enjoyed this book, including its vivid portrayal of Amsterdam and the Dutch scene, very much until the middle, then found it became rather predictable. The identity of the villain is obvious immediately the name is introduced - though this does not occur to Cameron, for the reader it is just a matter of waiting until she gets there and seeing how the two ends meet. The book also becomes more of a "thriller" at this point, for example Cameron notices a black Mercedes car on a ferry she is on, and a few pages later the car is pursuing her on the roads. Everyone Cameron meets tries to persuade her not to find out what her sister was doing for her own safety, rather than telling her what they know. So although this is an enjoyable novel in the style of Sara Parestsky's V I Warsahwski books, providing an authentic snapshot of a particular social culture and at its heart a good crime plot, I wish it had been 50 pages shorter, which would have given it more focus and impact.
Cameron is a tough character who has had a difficult childhood and a wild phase in her youth. Now she drives a Harley Davidson and only goes in for short-term relationships. Upon arrival in Amsterdam, Cameron stays at a bed-and-breakfast owned by the friendly Mariette, who tells her what she can of Carrie's last weeks. Cameron finds it hard to believe the autopsy results, which showed that her sister died of a drug overdose, and remembers identifying her body for the Dutch police, which through her grief caused Cameron some puzzlement. When she visits the policeman who was looking into Carrie's death, however, he tells Cameron the case is closed even though the drug in her system was not identified.
Cameron is even more determined to find out what her sister was doing, soon becoming aware of what was obvious to the reader, that Carrie was investigating some leads rather than being a drug addict herself. Cameron goes to a women's restaurant then a gay bar, following up with local drug counsellors, squatters and with people using the methadone "buses" to try to build up a picture of what Carrie was doing.
I enjoyed this book, including its vivid portrayal of Amsterdam and the Dutch scene, very much until the middle, then found it became rather predictable. The identity of the villain is obvious immediately the name is introduced - though this does not occur to Cameron, for the reader it is just a matter of waiting until she gets there and seeing how the two ends meet. The book also becomes more of a "thriller" at this point, for example Cameron notices a black Mercedes car on a ferry she is on, and a few pages later the car is pursuing her on the roads. Everyone Cameron meets tries to persuade her not to find out what her sister was doing for her own safety, rather than telling her what they know. So although this is an enjoyable novel in the style of Sara Parestsky's V I Warsahwski books, providing an authentic snapshot of a particular social culture and at its heart a good crime plot, I wish it had been 50 pages shorter, which would have given it more focus and impact.
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