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'A fast paced race against an ever increasing threat, great characters, great story and some very creative, if nasty criminal activities along the way. Grab yourself some Craig Roberston - the path's been laid here for a long and fantastic crime fiction career' --Wordpress
'I am sure Snapshot, which racks up the body count faster than you can turn the page will enhance [Robertson's] reputation . . . a revenge thriller with a twist' --Sun
'I am sure Snapshot, which racks up the body count faster than you can turn the page will enhance [Robertson's] reputation . . . a revenge thriller with a twist' --Sun
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"With just the right amount of "ick-factor" for those of us that like our books gruesome, "Snapshot" keeps you wincing and guessing right to the end. . . . Very highly recommended." --"Eurocrime"
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Snapshot, Craig Robertson's second crime novel is perhaps more typical of the genre than his first, but it still has the quirkiness and wit that separated Random from the pack. The main character, a police photographer named Tony Winter is new, but the feisty DS Rachel Narey carries over from Random. As of course does the city of Glasgow itself.
The main storyline is straightforward enough. A sniper is busily taking out major drug dealers with an ex-SAS type rifle while the police try in vain to find out who he is. Tony Winter gets to photo the corpses, and begins to have his own ideas about what's going on. With 14 bodies in the first few chapters he uses up a fair quantity of film and it is a bit of challenge for the reader to remember who's who in the dead club.
But as you'd expect, the storyline doesn't stay straightforward and Robertson plots some beautiful twists and turns keeping this reader at least totally enthralled. And also challenged to think a bit. The law of the land has failed to prevent some pretty evil drug dealers plying their trade - maybe the vigilante has a point. As for endings, there are two for the price of one. Wait till you get there...
Even if the storyline and the slaughter don't appeal to you, the descriptions and observations of Glasgow and its Glaswegians surely will. Winter meets DCI Addison in a pub:
Winter: "Cheers!"
DCI Addison: "Are we here to talk, or drink?"
Snapshot is a great read for lovers of crime fiction, but I really think there's a bit more to it than that. I hate to say you can't always tell a book by its cover. And I'm sure we're going to see a lot more of the complex but engaging police photographer Tony Winter. On TV? Mibbes, aye.
The main storyline is straightforward enough. A sniper is busily taking out major drug dealers with an ex-SAS type rifle while the police try in vain to find out who he is. Tony Winter gets to photo the corpses, and begins to have his own ideas about what's going on. With 14 bodies in the first few chapters he uses up a fair quantity of film and it is a bit of challenge for the reader to remember who's who in the dead club.
But as you'd expect, the storyline doesn't stay straightforward and Robertson plots some beautiful twists and turns keeping this reader at least totally enthralled. And also challenged to think a bit. The law of the land has failed to prevent some pretty evil drug dealers plying their trade - maybe the vigilante has a point. As for endings, there are two for the price of one. Wait till you get there...
Even if the storyline and the slaughter don't appeal to you, the descriptions and observations of Glasgow and its Glaswegians surely will. Winter meets DCI Addison in a pub:
Winter: "Cheers!"
DCI Addison: "Are we here to talk, or drink?"
Snapshot is a great read for lovers of crime fiction, but I really think there's a bit more to it than that. I hate to say you can't always tell a book by its cover. And I'm sure we're going to see a lot more of the complex but engaging police photographer Tony Winter. On TV? Mibbes, aye.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I have struggled with this book for months. The plot is bizarre but not as much as the characters. There is a complete unlikeability about Tony and his obsession for death. While reading this book I read 6 others around it.
There is little in it that makes you connect or even want to. Unbeleivable, Tony admitted his obsession with violent deaths in his interview to become a member of the police force and instead of giving him a job as police officer (as they find that weird) they give him a camera to record it all. Really???
There is little in it that makes you connect or even want to. Unbeleivable, Tony admitted his obsession with violent deaths in his interview to become a member of the police force and instead of giving him a job as police officer (as they find that weird) they give him a camera to record it all. Really???
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Craig Robertson's first book Random was very enjoyable and I found it easy to read once past the first few chapters. When picking up his second book Snapshot, I found myself with the same problem. The first few chapters just seemed so slow and unfinished that I felt like I couldn't get into the story.
I made the assumption that as the book progressed it would improve and I would again enjoy this book as much as the last one. The story itself is told pretty well but with a sniper seemingly intent on killing every drugs associated criminal in Glasgow, the body count was pretty high very early on.
In addition to the sheer number of bodies was the very dark side of the book with the very graphic crime scene descriptions, which I think was added to from the perspective of the character Tony Winters as he photographed the bodies.
I found myself reading this book and feeling like it was an effort. I couldn't connect to the two main lead characters of Tony Winters and D.I Addison. Tony Winters seemed so dysfunctional I found it hard to like anything about him, and D.I Addison was no better, with the excessive drinking and general `breaking of rules' attitude.
Around three quarters of the way through the book the plot started to come together a bit more and the pace was kept up until the end of the book with a decent ending. Overall, I felt that I really struggled with this book and I can't say it's because the writing or plot was bad, I just didn't connect with it.
Overall, I think the book was well written but with a very dark side and that includes the characters. It wasn't awful but I failed to see it in the same light as his last book.
I made the assumption that as the book progressed it would improve and I would again enjoy this book as much as the last one. The story itself is told pretty well but with a sniper seemingly intent on killing every drugs associated criminal in Glasgow, the body count was pretty high very early on.
In addition to the sheer number of bodies was the very dark side of the book with the very graphic crime scene descriptions, which I think was added to from the perspective of the character Tony Winters as he photographed the bodies.
I found myself reading this book and feeling like it was an effort. I couldn't connect to the two main lead characters of Tony Winters and D.I Addison. Tony Winters seemed so dysfunctional I found it hard to like anything about him, and D.I Addison was no better, with the excessive drinking and general `breaking of rules' attitude.
Around three quarters of the way through the book the plot started to come together a bit more and the pace was kept up until the end of the book with a decent ending. Overall, I felt that I really struggled with this book and I can't say it's because the writing or plot was bad, I just didn't connect with it.
Overall, I think the book was well written but with a very dark side and that includes the characters. It wasn't awful but I failed to see it in the same light as his last book.
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Brilliant, totally recommend it.
Although I wasn't gripped from the very first page, by the end of the 2nd chapter I knew it was going to be good, and I wouldn't be able to put it down - I was so right. Read more
Published 3 months ago by New To Writing Girl
Good book, but hard to read!
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I have quite mixed feelings about Snapshot. It was a very good thriller sending some chills down through the spine but it was also very dark book. Read more
I have quite mixed feelings about Snapshot. It was a very good thriller sending some chills down through the spine but it was also very dark book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by IngaKS
Not too convinced
Snapshot does stand apart from others in the genre in the sense that it does not follow a lead policeman but rather a scene of crime photographer Tony Winter. Read more
Published 7 months ago by M. Trevelyan
Uisge Beatha Slainte-Whiskey and Cheers
Craig Robertson in his acknowledgments of this book, 'Snapshot', thanks his friends and family for their support and for their recommendations of ways to kill people. Read more
Published 9 months ago by prisrob
Great Second Release
Having loved Craig's original release last year I really couldn't wait to see if the second novel lived up to the excitement of the first. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
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