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'As high-tech and as world-class as the thriller genre gets' (Express on Sunday on THE BOMBMAKER )
'There's a new breed of British crime writer giving the genre a much-needed shake-up - and Stephen Leather is at the forefront . . . the sheer impetus of his storytelling is damned hard to resist.'
(Daily Express on COLD KILL )Mail on Sunday
'Fast moving, lots of atmosphere'
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was a bit disappointed with this book, dont get me wrong it's a decent read but not what I expect from Mr Leather. To me the story was over before it started.Like Vets it's based mainly in Hong Kong which seemed to bore me.It's slightly a shadow of Chinaman (excellent book) where a family member tries to find out how and why their relative dies and to seek revenge.I'm still a massive Leather fan and this book didn't dampen that.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I love Stephen Leather books generally. I have read all of his Spider Shepherd and Mike Cramer books which all get a 5* from me so thought I would trawl through all his other novels. This book is set in Hong Kong and a journalist with a drink problem as his "hero". Having been to Hong Kong I found the place itself and the setting in this book very dull. Mike Cramer in "The long Shot" and "The double Tap" was also a flawed drunk but I was sympathetically drawn to him by Stephen Leather's brilliant writing style. Perhaps because this book is written in the first person the "hero" just comes across as a foul mouthed, rude, drunk and I therefore lost interest in his quest for answers about his sister's death. In the end I gave up halfway through and neither know nor care who killed her!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the few - very few - Stephen Leather books I hadn't read so I was pleased to be able to swap to obtain this one. Sadly, it is all too apparent how much the author has developed since 1989 both with his characters and with his action writing which means this book is not that good.
It's not the passed sell by date of how Hong Kong was before the Chinese took it back from the British, it's more the paucity of action, the rather boring inclusion of little anecdotes relating to the narrator's previous years doing whatever and it's the lack of a complete character leading the story. By halfway, I didn't really mind who'd killed Sally nor why and we knew how from page one.
That said, don't let this put you off the progress of this author. If you want action thrillers, then he's your man. It's just that you have to start somewhere and 'The Fireman' wouldn't be my recommendation this time round.
It's not the passed sell by date of how Hong Kong was before the Chinese took it back from the British, it's more the paucity of action, the rather boring inclusion of little anecdotes relating to the narrator's previous years doing whatever and it's the lack of a complete character leading the story. By halfway, I didn't really mind who'd killed Sally nor why and we knew how from page one.
That said, don't let this put you off the progress of this author. If you want action thrillers, then he's your man. It's just that you have to start somewhere and 'The Fireman' wouldn't be my recommendation this time round.
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not Leather's finest hour!!
I have read a few of Stephen Leather's books and have enjoyed them. When this early novel turned up in my local charity bookshop I grabbed it with both hands. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2009 by ratscat13
Average early novel from Leather
This was Leather's second novel and naturally used his experience as a journalist in Hong Kong for a lot of the plot which features brother and sister journalists and... Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2008 by Clive
For Sis
Of the many thrillers by Stephen Leather, I've read to date only THE CHINAMAN, THE STRETCH, PAY OFF, and this, THE FIREMAN, so my opinion of him as an author is still evolving. Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2005 by Joseph Haschka
Hong Kong mystery keeps you guessing
One of Leather's early books (his second) and it's very different from his later work. Less of an action-packed thriller such as The Chinaman or The Bombmaker, more a mystery story... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2001
Yawn!
I read and loved The Bombmaker so I thought I'd try another Stephen Leather book. I don't know whether I'll try a third cause this book was one of the most boring books I've... Read more
Published on 30 April 2001 by Christine L
Totally enjoyable read
Stephen Leather takes the reader right to the heart of the action. You are up close and personal with the charactres the whole way through the story. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 1998
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