- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; First edition (2 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007180586
- ISBN-13: 978-0007180585
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.4 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 269,649 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for The Hundredth Man:
‘The Hundredth Man has a crackerjack plot and wonderfully original rapid-fire prose. Jack Kerley is a writer to watch. And read.’ David Baldacci
‘A chilling journey into a pitch-black mind’ Michael Marshall
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'The Hundredth Man has a crackerjack plot and wonderfully original rapid-fire prose. Jack Kerley is a writer to watch. And read.' David Baldacci 'The Hundredth Man has a crackerjack plot and wonderfully original rapid-fire prose. Jack Kerley is a writer to watch. And read.' David Baldacci
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Im not a real fan of American serial killers but this blew me away. It was brillinatly written, pacey and tense. The lead Detective was (as usual) brilliant and unpredicatable and hates the top brass, but then again so will you, what an idiot the chief is. Some nasty murders have gone on in Alabamha and Carson Ryder and the 'Pissit' team have to solve them.
I enjoyed this. If you like Thomas Harris/Karin Slaughter/Tess Geritsen etc you will love this.
I enjoyed this. If you like Thomas Harris/Karin Slaughter/Tess Geritsen etc you will love this.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Hundredth Man is one of the most original and interesting police procedurals I have read. Mr. Kerley has a powerful imagination and the writing ability to make the story live for a reader. The only thing that's missing is creating a chilling sense of dread of the sort that having truly creepy and threatening villains can bring. I missed that element. I was hoping that there was a Hannibal Lector character hiding away in the story somewhere. Close, but not quite.
The story comes across as though it is the second in a series, so perhaps we will be treated to a prequel someday to fill in the interesting background of how Carson Ryder became a police detective with a specialty in dealing with the psychology behind crimes.
Carson Ryder and his partner, Harry Nautilus, form a two-man unit, PSIT (humor apparently intended) that is frequently on the receiving end of that invocation from politically ambitious members of the force. They are called in to handle a case involving a headless corpse found in a park. The primary clue involves an unusual message placed in an unusual location. What does it mean? If you can figure it out, you're a genius. I don't recall such an original concept for a clue. More crimes follow and the partners find themselves having as much trouble with their superiors as with the uncaught criminal.
The story has marvelous misdirection that keeps the plot humming along.
Unlike many first novels with fine plots, the story has intriguing and original characters whose stories will fascinate you. I was disappointed that these characters were not developed even more. They move past their difficulties a little too easily for my taste.
The book is filled with complex and unusual psychology, and you will probably find yourself intrigued by seeing the world from the dark side in new ways. In the process, you will learn a lot about the complexities of how people cope with dysfunctional family experiences.
If you find the ugly details of how people harm others to be very upsetting, you may want to skip this book. It may affect your dreams.
I took away the lesson that we all need to be kinder and more helpful to one another. This book certainly makes that point very well.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As with a previous reviewer, I bought this book prior to reading the recently advertised The Death Collectors and I'm certainly glad I did. Carson Ryder is a really well-created character; not full of the usual gung-ho American super-cop stuff but well capable of taking a hit and dealing one out IF it's necessary.
The story is compelling and you'd need to be a linguist, I think, to work out who the killer is. The clues are there for sure but I missed them! I think I was reading the book too quickly to see how Ryder dealt with both his superiors and his rather less than perfect friends. Anyway, he's around for another story and I'm just about to read it. Can't wait.......
The story is compelling and you'd need to be a linguist, I think, to work out who the killer is. The clues are there for sure but I missed them! I think I was reading the book too quickly to see how Ryder dealt with both his superiors and his rather less than perfect friends. Anyway, he's around for another story and I'm just about to read it. Can't wait.......
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First in the series and all brilliant!
I use listmania a lot as I like to read a series of books. This was the first book in the Carson Ryder series and I have now read them all. Read more
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Loved this book, just like all of J A Kerley's others.....brilliant, couldn't put it down, so I always think that's the sign of a good read!!!
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Why had no-one told me about it before
I bought the entire series in August and have read them in the order they were written in. I have loved every book and can't believe I had never tried this author before. Read more
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