- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Orion (2 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752891901
- ISBN-13: 978-0752891903
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 4.3 x 23.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 77,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I've read A Quiet Belief In Angels by this author and thoroughly enjoyed it, but that was quite a while ago so had pretty much forgotten just how much I enjoyed R. J. Ellory's style. This book certainly reminded me of that pretty quickly into the story.
So basically, you have Police Detective Robert Miller and his partner Al Roth, doing their best to find a serial killer known as The Ribbon Killer who badly beats his victims almost beyond recognition,ties a ribbon around their neck attached to which is a luggage tag like those put on the big toes of John Does in the USA and there's always a very strong smell of lavender on the victims. But the latest victim lacks the beatings so is this the same murderer or a copycat?
During the investigation into the death of the latest victim Catherine Sheridan, Miller has his first encounter with John Robey, a university leturer and man who appears to be without a past. While Robey becomes a prime suspect in the minds of others on the investigation team, Miller just doesn't feel that he's right for the murders. But is he?
Whilst tending to have me think I had the actual murdered sussed, on more than one occasion, it wasn't until very close to the end that I had my confusion sorted. Then as I closed the book, I realized that all the pointers to who was responsible for the murders had been right there in black and white pretty much most of the way through but just kept throwing red herrings, (fairly convincing ones I might add), at me. Shan't tell you who 'done it' because I wouldn't want to spoil things for you but if you want a really good read, this is it!
So basically, you have Police Detective Robert Miller and his partner Al Roth, doing their best to find a serial killer known as The Ribbon Killer who badly beats his victims almost beyond recognition,ties a ribbon around their neck attached to which is a luggage tag like those put on the big toes of John Does in the USA and there's always a very strong smell of lavender on the victims. But the latest victim lacks the beatings so is this the same murderer or a copycat?
During the investigation into the death of the latest victim Catherine Sheridan, Miller has his first encounter with John Robey, a university leturer and man who appears to be without a past. While Robey becomes a prime suspect in the minds of others on the investigation team, Miller just doesn't feel that he's right for the murders. But is he?
Whilst tending to have me think I had the actual murdered sussed, on more than one occasion, it wasn't until very close to the end that I had my confusion sorted. Then as I closed the book, I realized that all the pointers to who was responsible for the murders had been right there in black and white pretty much most of the way through but just kept throwing red herrings, (fairly convincing ones I might add), at me. Shan't tell you who 'done it' because I wouldn't want to spoil things for you but if you want a really good read, this is it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A Simple Act Of Violence is superbly written, crammed with breathtaking action and wholly believable. The reason it is believable is because it is based on fact (very well researched) and the type of events that take place in the book really did happen. This the second RJEllory book (Ghostheart, the first) I have read. I am about to start Candlemoth and 2 others are on order. Really great stuff.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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It must be daunting for an author to follow up a book which garnered such praise as A quiet belief in Angels did and it takes a special writer to have the courage to follow the path his writing takes him. This book differs in many ways to his previous efforts but to me it is his best work to date. A simple Act of Violence works on many levels not least in that he has the story of a serial killer of a difference and the book punctuated with characters which are wonderfully fleshed out and weaving through it all is the real life horror of exactly how corrupt the CIA is. RJ Ellory has throughout his previous 5 novels given us many splendid characters and history lessons that beat school anyday, but his greatest gift is that we can never predict where and how the story is going to end. A triumph.
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not into this one
i found this book to be rather heavy going despite the good things i read about it.not the best by r j ellory
Published 1 month ago by macattheback
Too Simple Too Long
You know I really wanted to love the books of RJ Ellory but I don't think it's going to be such a relationship. Read more
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A Simple Act of Violence
I really wanted to like this book a lot more, as I've not read a crime book for many years (I think The Black dahlia was the last crime book I read). Read more
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a thought provoking thriller
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This was the first novel I read by R J Ellory, just picked it up at the library and liked the sleeve notes. Once I started it I couldn't put it down, a truly superb read. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Brendan
A really good story
This was a really good story . Well told and totally
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in further and further in the quest to get to the truth. Read more
captivating . Like the plot the book pulls the reader
in further and further in the quest to get to the truth. Read more
Published 13 months ago by martin77
Badly written
I've read 2 of this author's books. Both were far too long, padded out by boring repetitive dialogue and constant discussion of the main character's uninteresting reaction to his... Read more
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