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The Invisible Ones [Kindle Edition]

Stef Penney (Author)
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'A supreme story-teller on top form' The Times.

'A beautifully crafted novel with skilful characterisation and a plot which twists and turns ... this story of loss, deceit and family tragedy lingers long after you've finished the book' Daily Express.

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Rose Janko has been missing for seven years. Her family has made no attempt to find her. Why?Ray Lovell, private investigator, has been hired to discover Rose's fate. But he must first win the trust of the secretive, deceptive, dangerous Janko family, who son Ivo became Rose's husband. If Ray can get to the Jankos, he knows he can find the truth. If he fails, his life - and Rose's – will be over.
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 583 KB
  • Print Length: 415 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0399157719
  • Publisher: Quercus (4 Sep 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B005F5OK9M
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #17,938 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Denise4891 TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
I don't envy Stef Penney the task of writing a follow-up to the Costa Award-winning The Tenderness of Wolves, and I'm glad she's gone for something completely different rather than trying to emulate her phenomenally successful debut novel.

The Invisible Ones is at heart an old-fashioned murder mystery, complete with an accident-prone, unlucky in love private investigator in the shape of Ray Lovell. I warmed to Ray instantly (it probably helped that he reminded me a lot of Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie). When we first meet him he's lying in a hospital bed with no memory of how he got there. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that Ray was hired by Leon Wood to find out what happened to his daughter Rose who disappeared six years earlier, shortly after her arranged marriage to fellow Gypsy, Ivo Janko. It also transpires that Ray was chosen to investigate Rose's disappearance because he too is of Romany descent.

As we know from the recent TV documentaries, Gypsy and travelling communities tend to be very private and wary of outsiders. That is certainly the case with the Jankos (with good reason), but other than that this isn't an in-depth exposé of Gypsy life and culture. The Jankos aren't part of a large travelling community but are living on the edge of `normal' society, with some members holding down jobs and going to school. They keep themselves to themselves due to a `family curse', the hereditary blood disorder which has resulted in very few male children making it past puberty. Ivo suffered from it as a child and his son Christo is now badly afflicted by it.

Ray's investigation unearths a number of skeletons which the Jankos would prefer to keep buried. Along the way he encounters quite a few red herrings which send him (and the reader) off down the wrong path, and the final twist is a bit of a shocker which I only saw coming at the very last minute. So all in all a very enjoyable read, but once again I stress that it's a very different kettle of fish to TTOW so don't be expecting more of the same. I'd certainly recommend it to fans of Kate Atkinson and other intelligent/less gruesome crime writers, and I did wonder whether Stef Penney had any plans to turn it into a series - I think there's plenty of mileage left in Ray and I'd like to see him investigating other crimes, both within and outside of the travelling community.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Gypsum and cheese 13 Jan 2012
Format:Hardcover
I re-read 'Tenderness of Wolves' recently, and couldn't believe how good it was - I enjoyed it even more than the first time, and decided it was probably in my top three favourite novels of all time. It really is hard to believe that this is written by the same person. I couldn't really believe in any of the characters, and the child had such a stereotype 'I'm-a-child-aren't-I-cute-and-innocent' quality to him, I couldn't stomach it. It's annoyingly worthy in it's attempt to give you an insight into the gypsy community. And the plot! Less said about that, the better. The strange thing is that when I read a book like 'The Tenderness of Wolves', I am deeply awestruck at the ability of a human being to create a world and fill it with such fascinating characters, and use them to tell a gripping story in rich language. I know that I could never get anywhere near that level of creativity myself. With this one, I'm in danger of believing that I could have done better myself....
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I loved Stef Penney's first novel, set in Canada in the 1860's and feared the leap to her second novel, set in England in the 1980's, was going to be too big. Of course I was wrong and fell in love with The Invisible Ones. It's as powerful and beautiful as her debut, but in a very different, more subtle way.
What starts off as a noir detective thriller soon becomes a mystery novel, the characters slowly working their way into you, becoming real people. And what a great pair they are (the story jumps back and forth with ease between two perspectives): the flawed and scarred private investigator and the innocent teenager, both with big hearts, both to some extend outsiders in the Romany world.
Stef Penney proves (again) to be a great storyteller, being able to describe places and people seemingly without ease, but with great beauty and strength, her pen (well - keyboard, I assume) sometimes as sharp as a knife. I willn't spoil the end for you, but it's not as farfetched as some readers apparently think... Just go with it.
It's a book that is intriguing from the start, growing on you as you read, becoming a page turner almost impossible to put down. After I finished, the two main characters lingered on in my head for a long time, the places kept haunting me, the strong atmosphere surrounding me. A mystery that's more than just about the plot, an imaginative book rooted in a real world, a treat.
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At least as good as her first!
Stef Penney's second novel is at least as good as her first one: writing, style, atmosphere, storyline, etc...
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Published 7 days ago by Sebastien Clediere
Brave of you Stef
I don't envy Stef having to follow on from 'Wolves', which I am sure will still be read for years to come. Read more
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Better than the reviews would suggest
I enjoyed this book. The characters were well drawn and believable. The author writes in a beautiful lyrical style bringing the story alive. Read more
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Better than it's bad press suggests...
When I read some of the amazon reviews, I wasn't desperate to pick this up but as it was a choice for my book group, I didn't have a choice. Read more
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Supposing this was Penney's first novel............
You would think that writing a mesmeric, unusual, stunning first novel, which is both praised by critics and eagerly devoured by a larger public would be nothing but a blessing for... Read more
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A closed circle of suspects
The gipsy community is usually closed to outsiders so when Rose goes missing soon after her marriage to Ivo, it is a long time before any investigation is made. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Clive A. H. Still
The Invisible Ones
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Published 6 months ago by Book 1981
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I won't go into the plot because others have described it well before me. I thought the characterisation was very good especially Ray and JJ and the general plotting held my... Read more
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I found Stef Penney's first novel a compelling and gripping read. Her second novel `the invisible ones' is quite different in subject matter. Read more
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