- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Headline (6 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075533468X
- ISBN-13: 978-0755334681
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 504,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Michael Ryan was the author of a runaway bestseller, Space Coast, but its publication coincided with his wife's murder in a bank raid. Now he's back to face the ghosts of his past.
Michael met Claire when she was dragging Paul de Luca, detective novel writer and owner of a porn shop, out of the sea after he'd lost his feet in a shark attack. Claire was living with local hard man Tommy, a Gulf War vet, at the time and Tommy was not impressed with Michael's interest in his girl. When Tommy leaves town to be a roadie for a band playing a six week stint on a cruise ship, Michael falls in love with Claire, they marry and he writes his novel. But then Claire is killed in the bank raid. Ten years later Michael returns to the scene of the crime to exorcise the ghosts of the past and try to write his second novel. But he discovers the grim truth behind his wife's murder and encounters the strangest of small-town behaviour...
Michael met Claire when she was dragging Paul de Luca, detective novel writer and owner of a porn shop, out of the sea after he'd lost his feet in a shark attack. Claire was living with local hard man Tommy, a Gulf War vet, at the time and Tommy was not impressed with Michael's interest in his girl. When Tommy leaves town to be a roadie for a band playing a six week stint on a cruise ship, Michael falls in love with Claire, they marry and he writes his novel. But then Claire is killed in the bank raid. Ten years later Michael returns to the scene of the crime to exorcise the ghosts of the past and try to write his second novel. But he discovers the grim truth behind his wife's murder and encounters the strangest of small-town behaviour...
About the Author
Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, DIVORCING JACK, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films DIVORCING JACK, CROSSMAHEART and WILD ABOUT HARRY. He lives in Ireland with his family.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Orpheus Rising (Hardcover)
Read this inside 2 days on holiday ... I've read all the other Bateman books and this one made me cry with sadness - rather than laughter.
Still fast moving, unpredictable and original as all his other novels are ... but its a more mature read. Could easily see it made into a film When is the next book out, Colin?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Glad I didn't know it was a "ghost" story!,
This review is from: Orpheus Rising (Hardcover)
I'm a real non-believer when it comes to the paranormal and pretty much everything that can't be proven with science.
If I'd read the cover note and seen this book as addressing that subject, I would have walked on by...... I'm glad therefore that I didn't as this was a really well written book. Really good characters and vivid location development and a substantial and well worked plot. I'd put it comfortably in the top 10% of books I've read this year. LIke other reviewers, I consume everything Brookmyre and Hiaasen write and with this effort, I think Bateman is up there with their best.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bateman's turned soft now, has he?,
By Mats Nilson (Sorsele, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Orpheus Rising (Hardcover)
I've read quite a few Bateman, and I enjoy them enormously. His are the kind of books I love to get absorbed in, along with those of, e.g., Carl Hiaasen and Christopher Brookmyre. Twisted stories, great action, some love, and a big surprise at the end. Which is why this particular book isn't quite up to the mark. Twisted story - indeed; great action - nah; some love - oh yes, very sweet; big surprise at the end - not exactly. We know where this will lead. We're not thrilled as we read on, we rather pity the guy instead. This is what comes out of combining work and leisure - you should have just enjoyed the surf and forgot about research whilst in Florida, Colin! :-)
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