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** 'This is one of those fiendishly clever books in which you are never sure whether art is imitating life or vice versa, giving this chilling little story additional power (DAILY MAIL )
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* A gripping new murder mystery from the author of the very successful THE OXFORD MURDERS
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thoroughly enjoyed the first 90% of the book, but the denouement was as flat as the proverbial pancake. However elegant the writing and well crafted the build up, sadly they can't compensate for the let down at the end. A real pity, as it promised so much more.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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The unnamed narrator, a minor Argentine novelist, doesn't know what to think when his former secretary contacts him after ten years to tell him that a far more successful novelist is trying to kill all her family in an act of revenge after she accused him of sexual harassment and ended his marriage. Can it be true, or is the young woman mad?
Martinez constantly wrongfoots his reader over what and whom to believe -- what is real and what is fiction -- and the narrative races on compellingly until the last 20-30 pages, where it lurches into a dying fall, leaving this reader, at least, mildly disappointed.
Martinez is a very original writer; his prose, even in translation, is clear and elegant.
Martinez constantly wrongfoots his reader over what and whom to believe -- what is real and what is fiction -- and the narrative races on compellingly until the last 20-30 pages, where it lurches into a dying fall, leaving this reader, at least, mildly disappointed.
Martinez is a very original writer; his prose, even in translation, is clear and elegant.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book itself is interesting and gripping, and I was looking forward to a complicated and unexpected ending. I was developing different theories - and there was plenty of assumptions for a really good ending. But when I finished the book, I was very dissapointed... It's just as if the author had to unexpectedly stop writing and he just quickly thought of something to end the book - very dissapointed!
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A new type of crime novel
This book is highly original - it breaks new ground in crime writing by leaving the ending as it is.
The book centres around three main characters. Read more
The book centres around three main characters. Read more
Published 3 months ago by A Liverpool Reader
What happened to the ending?
I can't give this book a one star, however I can't forgive it for not delivering what it promised.
The story revolves around two authors, one famous, one not so famous. Read more
The story revolves around two authors, one famous, one not so famous. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Josey Wales
book of murder
An intriging book where it seems the deaths are being engineering by Kloster, but towards the end it seems the deaths were accidental. Did Kloster kill these people or not. Read more
Published 10 months ago by norman de plume
Weak meta study of murder
A few years ago, I read the mathematics-tinged The Oxford Murders by the same Argentine author, and found that somewhat irritating in its insistence of mysticism around logic and... Read more
Published on 24 July 2009 by Feanor
Tale of the Unexpected
Quite short, easy to read, but in my opinion it's very like reading one of Roald Dahl's shorts that were made into TV's "Tales of the Unexpected", but one in which the twist is... Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by D. J. Keyworth
Disappointing
I really had high hopes for this book although I'm not really sure why. It was overall an OK read although I found it to be overly simplistic. Read more
Published on 9 April 2009 by L. Matheson
He says she says
Guillermo Martinez is one of those authors who likes to write a seemingly typical Agatha-Christiesque whodunnit, and then twist everything around. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2009 by E. A Solinas
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