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"Bale keeps us guessing as our heroes edge towards a shocking climax" --Guardian
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Quite simply the best book I've read this year.Populist thriller - certainly. Amazing pageturner - definitely. Brilliant artifice and professional writing at its best -
without a shadow of doubt." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
without a shadow of doubt." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
The story line is fast passed in the early chapters, but also a little far fetched in places. A mass killing in a village, and the police seem unable or unwilling to investigate the crime fully.
The main characters Julia and Craig are left to lead us to the conclusion that everyone else is either a mass murderer or a bent copper.
Saying all that, this book still managed to hold my interest in the main, a couple of times the prose and descriptions were lengthy to the point of boring.
Good story-line, just needed a bit more depth..
The main characters Julia and Craig are left to lead us to the conclusion that everyone else is either a mass murderer or a bent copper.
Saying all that, this book still managed to hold my interest in the main, a couple of times the prose and descriptions were lengthy to the point of boring.
Good story-line, just needed a bit more depth..
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Tom Bale bursts onto the crime scene with quite a good novel. If you are affected by the recent events in Cumbria I should warn you not to read this book. Our story starts when Julia Trent is going to clean out her dead parents' house in a sleepy Sussex village. First of all she thinks that she is seeing things when what looks like the postman laying next to his van. Julia soon finds however that she has driven into a massacre, with the killer still on the prowl. With the killer chasing her Julia tries to escape death but a the same time she sees that there is another person involved with the killings. When the emergency services finaly arrive on the scene the person who was chasing her is dead and the police ignore her warnings of a second killer, believing that it is just shock. Believing that the killer has finished his spree, and then taken his own life, the case looks rather open and shut.
But when Craig Walker, a freelance journalist comes across Julia and her report he seeks her out. Craig lost his father in the shootings and is pretty sure that Julia is telling the truth. Together they set out to pin together all that happened on the fateful morning of the killings, but could they be heading for danger themselves?
With a story full of secrets, and people wanting to buy the land around the village for re-development, lots of money is at stake and someone doesn't want to lose out. You will have to read this book to find out who is ultimately pulling whose strings, and who wins and loses.
But when Craig Walker, a freelance journalist comes across Julia and her report he seeks her out. Craig lost his father in the shootings and is pretty sure that Julia is telling the truth. Together they set out to pin together all that happened on the fateful morning of the killings, but could they be heading for danger themselves?
With a story full of secrets, and people wanting to buy the land around the village for re-development, lots of money is at stake and someone doesn't want to lose out. You will have to read this book to find out who is ultimately pulling whose strings, and who wins and loses.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this within 7 days and can safely say I would have read it in a day if I didnt have a job and kids!
What makes this boook enjoyable and beleiveable is the characters are real people, instead of the usual stereotypical policemen plodding through the plot with their usual hang ups!
The writing is excellently descriptive yet thoroughly flowing, you get to the end of the paragraph and know what has happended without re-reading.
The mystery remians just that for most of the book and the story, although incredible is, well, credible!
Cant wait for Tom Bale to write another, I can safely say this will be being given at christmas to everyone I know who likes a crime story.
What makes this boook enjoyable and beleiveable is the characters are real people, instead of the usual stereotypical policemen plodding through the plot with their usual hang ups!
The writing is excellently descriptive yet thoroughly flowing, you get to the end of the paragraph and know what has happended without re-reading.
The mystery remians just that for most of the book and the story, although incredible is, well, credible!
Cant wait for Tom Bale to write another, I can safely say this will be being given at christmas to everyone I know who likes a crime story.
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Is the title a plot description?
The premise was intriguing and then we got into the meat of the book and it became tiresome. The characters were all stereotypes, engendering very little sympathy from the reader... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2010 by Marmaduke Gentle
Basic descriptive novel that won't tax your brain
I started this novel with high hopes as the plot description on the back cover was original. However, boredom crept in after just a couple of chapters. Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by Graham Brown
Very Implausible
The mass murder is, in the wake of Hungerford, etc, all too plausible, but to fit the storyline, the author has blatantly manipulated various events which are just not believable. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by J.I.S.
An interesting new talent
I am always on the lookout for good new crime writers, and Tom Bale looks very promising. This is his first published novel, but it doesn't read like one. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2010 by lmhh
Sickening violence
I enjoyed this book until about half way through when it turned so violent that it sickened me.The story could have stood up on its own without the violence.
Published on 3 Feb 2010 by alice trout
Brilliant!
What a beginning! It left me breathless. I dare anyone to put it down in the early chapters. The writing is smooth and flowing and the plot excellent. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by Jude
A fast paced enticing read
I really enjoyed this book and couldn't wait to finish it so much so I ended up reading the last 3rd in one sitting! It is a good crime based novel which flows well. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by Moley 123
An excellent new thriller from a new author
As an avid reader of crime and thriller fiction, January 2009 has seen three marvellous debuts, or near debuts, and this is certainly one of them. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2009 by Ms Davies
Gripping 1st Novel
Chilling plot, but very readable.
I'm always pleased to read a new author, so when I saw Skin and Bones at half price, I thought i'd give it a go. Read more
I'm always pleased to read a new author, so when I saw Skin and Bones at half price, I thought i'd give it a go. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2009 by Lynda Loves to Read
Great read from local author.
I really enjoyed this book, set in Sussex. It was fast moving, exciting and well written. I highly recommend it.
Published on 18 Jan 2009 by Rozzer1
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