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It's always good to be the first person to discover talent -- and despite his immense success in Australia (he is that country's pre-eminent crime writer), Peter Temple has been something of hidden treasure for British and American readers. But Temple's days as a hidden treasure are disappearing, as more and more readers discover just how distinctive a writer he is (crime celebrity admirers include Val McDermid and Mark Billingham).
Temple (who won the 2007 Crime Writers’ Association Dagger with The Broken Shore) has, in Shooting Star, another winner. Prickly, fifteen-year-old Anne Carson is abducted -- to the horror of her well-heeled family. Disgraced police negotiator Frank Calder is commissioned to pay the ransom, but he has other ideas – there was another child kidnapping some years before, and Frank is convinced there is a connection. But the death of Anne Carson may be imminent.
All the things that make Peter Temple's books such pleasurable experiences are here: the steady, satisfying unravelling of a mystery, the gallery of idiosyncratic characters (notably the dogged -- and beleaguered -- Frank Calder). But the prime Temple virtue -- sheer storytelling acumen -- is what makes Shooting Star such a success. --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Temple is the master of the complex plot and his characters leap from the page … a taut action-packed thriller - Sunday Telegraph
Temple ratchets up the tension in his inimitable style … he remains one of the best thriller writers in the world - Sunday Express
Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot combine to create superb entertainment - Evening Standard
Discovering Peter Temple has been the highlight of my year - Mark Billingham
Temple ratchets up the tension in his inimitable style … he remains one of the best thriller writers in the world - Sunday Express
Great locations, hard-nosed dialogue and a twisting plot combine to create superb entertainment - Evening Standard
Discovering Peter Temple has been the highlight of my year - Mark Billingham
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Quercus are doing a great job in publishing the novels of Australian crime writer Peter Temple.
I could have given five stars really except there is just one small problem I have with his books. They have an awful lot of characters all of whom speak in a fairly hip dialogue, and Temple switches the scenes quite rapidly. So these are definitely not books you can skim over. As a non-Australian, I find I have to concentrate quite hard, first to pick up the rhythm of the dialogue and then to stay on board as the story moves back and forth.
But having said all that I wouldn't miss one of these outback epics for the world. I buy them in hardback as soon as they come out simply because there is a richness to the stories that makes them quite different from any other fiction I read. I prefer the standalones (although the Jack Irish books are also very good) and Shooting Star is probably a simpler plot-line than some of his others. A wealthy family call in Frank Calder (ex-soldier, ex-police) to secure the return of a kidnap victim and we discover that the murky past holds the clues to what is happening in the present.
Frank Calder is a great character and I hope to see him again. If you haven't already tried Peter Temple I suggest you give him a go. But read slowly !
I could have given five stars really except there is just one small problem I have with his books. They have an awful lot of characters all of whom speak in a fairly hip dialogue, and Temple switches the scenes quite rapidly. So these are definitely not books you can skim over. As a non-Australian, I find I have to concentrate quite hard, first to pick up the rhythm of the dialogue and then to stay on board as the story moves back and forth.
But having said all that I wouldn't miss one of these outback epics for the world. I buy them in hardback as soon as they come out simply because there is a richness to the stories that makes them quite different from any other fiction I read. I prefer the standalones (although the Jack Irish books are also very good) and Shooting Star is probably a simpler plot-line than some of his others. A wealthy family call in Frank Calder (ex-soldier, ex-police) to secure the return of a kidnap victim and we discover that the murky past holds the clues to what is happening in the present.
Frank Calder is a great character and I hope to see him again. If you haven't already tried Peter Temple I suggest you give him a go. But read slowly !
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
GIVE THEM THE MONEY!!! ANY AMOUNT!!! i WANT HER ALIVE
28 Aug 2009
Format:Audio CD
Frank Calder - ex-soldier and sacked police hostage negotiator - is just surviving making a living as a mediator when he's approached by the Carson Family, to help deliver the ransom money to the kidnappers of the great grand-daugther. NO POLICE last time the police were used in a family kidnapping the young girl was killed. The Carsons want NO Police help. Just give the kidnappers what ever they want!!!!!
Reluctantly Frank begins to deal with the kidnappers, who use a voice altering computer programme which Frank's best contacts couldn't change back to the real voice. The kidnappers must really know their computer programes as this is so high tech it is not out there yet!!!!! It has only been created and hard to find in the computer programmes future magazines. Frank becomes convinced both Carson kidnappings are connected and have nothing to do with money. It's revenge an eye for an eye. What has this family done to others in the past. Noone is talking. Franks hands seem to be tied every time he turns around.
Frank is sure this girl will die no matter how much they hand over to the kidnappers. Frank searches for suspects through the Carson businesses, deals,rivalries and some sleazy past deals.
Fast pace. Great narrating by David Tredinnick
Reluctantly Frank begins to deal with the kidnappers, who use a voice altering computer programme which Frank's best contacts couldn't change back to the real voice. The kidnappers must really know their computer programes as this is so high tech it is not out there yet!!!!! It has only been created and hard to find in the computer programmes future magazines. Frank becomes convinced both Carson kidnappings are connected and have nothing to do with money. It's revenge an eye for an eye. What has this family done to others in the past. Noone is talking. Franks hands seem to be tied every time he turns around.
Frank is sure this girl will die no matter how much they hand over to the kidnappers. Frank searches for suspects through the Carson businesses, deals,rivalries and some sleazy past deals.
Fast pace. Great narrating by David Tredinnick
taut, spare, frightening, poignant
5 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
To my mind, one of the best books Peter Temple has written. Taut, spare, frightening, poignant. Raises the genre of thriller writing to a whole new level, not least because of the unexpected poetry of Temple's prose. The final image - of a guttering candle in a silent house - sent a shiver down my spine.
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