The Murder Exchange and over 1.5 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle . Learn more


or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Colour:
Image not available

 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book
Start reading The Murder Exchange on your Kindle in under a minute.

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

The Murder Exchange [Paperback]

Simon Kernick (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
RRP: £7.99
Price: £5.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.00 (25%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
Only 6 left in stock (more on the way).
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Gift-wrap available.
Want it Thursday, 20 June? Choose Express delivery at checkout. Details

Formats

 Amazon Price New from Used from
Kindle Edition £5.22   -- --
Hardcover --   -- --
Paperback £5.99   -- --
Books Trade-In
Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Special Offer until June 30, 2013: Receive an additional £5 promotional Gift Certificate, when you trade-in at least £10 worth of books. Learn more.

Book Description

Publication Date: 12 May 2011

Five grand for a couple of hours work?

It seems easy money, but the deal ex-mercenary Max Iversson is chasing has gone disastrously wrong. Two of his friends are dead. And now he wants to find out who's behind their killings.

Detective Sergeant John Gallan is also looking for answers. He's investigating the fatal poisoning of a nightclub doorman. But leads are scarce and, when they do appear, so do bodies.

What neither man knows is that they are heading towards a devastating confrontation that will see one of them staring down the wrong end of a gun.

Frequently Bought Together

The Murder Exchange + The Crime Trade + The Business Of Dying
Price For All Three: £17.57

Buy the selected items together
  • The Crime Trade by Simon Kernick Paperback £5.99
  • The Business Of Dying by Simon Kernick Mass Market Paperback £5.59

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Product details

  • Paperback: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi (12 May 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552164321
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552164320
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.5 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 133,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's Simon Kernick Page
Simon Kernick
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Product Description

Review

I love this book! It's hard, fast and tight and blasts through the London underworld like a speed boat on the Thames (Lee Child )

Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight! (Harlan Coben )

The next time I see Simon Kernick's name on a book I will pick it up. Brilliant! (Richard Madeley )

Kernick generates a potent cocktail of thrills that makes contemporary London feel like Dodge City. A knucklehead ride (Guardian )

Simon Kernick writes great plots, great characters, great action (Lee Child )

Book Description

The currency is death. A race-against-time thriller from the UK Harlan Coben.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?

› Explore similar items

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bring back Iversson 2 July 2007
By Dean Hepburn
Format:Paperback
Another winner. I have only just discovered author Simon Kernick's work after picking up RELENTLESS the other month in paperback, and after demolishing that in record time, I just came on Amazon and ordered 3 copies of his other books. This book will not disapoint, told in a unique and brave dual first person narrative, you get to be in the head of ex-soldier and Met. Copper - I really liked the Iversson character, as he sort of reminded me of Andy McNabs "Nick". It is great to discover a new writer and have his back catalog to go at. Just as you are getting sick of American crime novels along comes a homegrown talent that really knows how to spin a gritty British crime caper.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Clever, Original and Entertaining 3 Dec 2003
By Untouchable
Format:Hardcover
This is a cleverly told thriller coming from a first person perspective, but it’s a little bit different than usual because the perspective alternates between two characters. This is achieved by changing perspective from chapter to chapter with the title of the chapter given to the character doing the talking. It’s also following a timeline that counts down to a zero hour scenario that gives the feeling of building to a tremendous crescendo. It’s very effective.

The two men telling the story are Max Iversson and John Gallan. Max Iversson is a former soldier, first with the army and then as a mercenary who now works as a personal bodyguard. He finds himself wanted by the police when a protection job goes horribly wrong. He realises he had been set up and wasn’t supposed to have survived and now is desperate to find out who set him up and why, while still avoiding apprehension by the law. John Gallan is that law, working as a Detective Sergeant in CID; he is trying to investigate an unrelated murder when Iversson’s name and business begin popping up throughout the investigation.

Mixed into the story and the lives of the two protagonists is an organised rime family, the Holtz family, and as with most stories involving organised crime, drugs, prostitutes and violence make their appearance. Iversson is pretty sure that it was the Holtz family that was involved in the set up, so he’s trying to find out why, as well as working out a way to get some sort of revenge. Gallan is pretty sure the Holtz family was somehow involved in the murder that he is working on and so he begins to tangle with them....

I like my thrillers to come with a fast-paced storyline carrying plenty of action sequences, which usually equates to full on violence. This book certainly fills that bill. The bad guys are ruthless, so are some of the good guys providing a no-holds-barred battle to the death. It’s a terrific follow up to Kernick’s first book, The Business of Dying, with a character or two making a return appearance here. Read more ›

Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Meh! 11 Feb 2009
By Sue Ward
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I can't quite believe how many positive reviews this piece of violent, predictable tosh has received. I have read other books by this author and enjoyed them, but this one was awful. It was blatantly obvious from the outset who was setting the main character up, and who helped them along the way. I think we were supposed to somehow consider Iversson to be some sort of anti-hero but I just thought he was an irritating pain in the backside who blamed everybody but himself for his bad fortune (which he mostly brought on himself but some frankly ridiculous decisions). Of course, if he'd just gone to the police in the first place (as, let's face it, anyone in reality would have) this book would've been a lot shorter and I would be spending those few hours it took to read it doing something more useful.

On a positive note, I did like the character of Gallan.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Getting Better All The Time. 30 July 2004
By "grahamdavey1952"
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed "The Business Of Dying", Simons first book. The question was, could he maintain or even improve those high standards? Well the "Murder Exchange" answers that with a resounding yes! So much so today I buy his third book & look forward to number four. Mr. Kernick is in the same league as Jake Arnott, & Mark Billingham: & by anyones standards that is well impressive company.
A truly atmospheric,clever, edge of the seat thriller; wonderful.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read 26 Nov 2003
By Dominic De Ban
Format:Hardcover
Kernick has delivered again. A gripping read and well developed characters. Although not for the faint-hearted, Kernick's wry humour shines through this gritty portrayal of underworld intrigue and murder. Thoroughly recommended.
1 Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as his newer stuff 9 May 2011
By Best Books To Read TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I am slowly working my way through Simon Kernick's books and this is the second book he released. Simon Kernick has a very certain type of writing style. His books are usually very fast paced and normally it takes only a matter of a chapter or two before you are thrown in at the deep end of a story.

This book followed the same format and we dive straight into Max Iversson's bad decision and when it all goes wrong. However, although you are thrown in at the deep end very quickly, the suspense level is not as high as I am used to with a Kernick book. I think this is a sure sign of the amount of time he has been writing. The fact that I read his newer stuff first and have gone back to his older work has the disadvantage of showing his weaker points at the beginning of his career.

Although slightly weaker than usual the story itself was a good one. Max Iversson was a great character, and although he usually stays within the law, he finds himself inadvertently being drawn over to the other side in his fight for the truth.

John Gallan was also a pretty good character and although the typical `copper' we see in books, there was no glossing over his very mundane personal life which actually brought more realism to the book in my eyes. We flit between characters by chapter and as the story progresses you see more and more of each one and they eventually overlap.

Other characters making a brief appearance is Tina Boyd (who appears in later Kernick books) as well as the Holtz family who are a central part of the plot. As ever there is no holding back on the levels of violence and gore, although it's all done in keeping with the story.

As usual towards the end we pick up even more pace before getting to the climax and pretty good ending.... Read more ›
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Yes
No
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?   Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Engaging
This thriller/mystery may be Simon Kernick's second novel but far from the second one I have read through the years. I am just catching up with his repertoire. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Toni Osborne
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Simon Kernick
Simon Kernick always delivers great storylines and this book is no different. I would recommend Simon Kernick to anyone, he is so easy to read and you never want to put his books... Read more
Published 22 days ago by Winkle
5.0 out of 5 stars simon kernick the best ever story tellier
book arrived quickly packed well and priced right. exciting read from one of the best. couldn't ask for more. Thank you
Published 1 month ago by minniemouse
3.0 out of 5 stars too many twists
I liked the way the story was told by two main characters, and had expected that they would end up on the same side. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Aberter
2.0 out of 5 stars I
The story as it runs is believable within the context of a crime novel and generally makes a good read. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Hans
5.0 out of 5 stars the murder exchange by simon kernick
fantastic author keeps you wanting to read further a job to put down once started hope he carries on writing these types of novels a great read anytime
Published 8 months ago by Mrajshergold
5.0 out of 5 stars really enjoyed it
Cleverly written from the perspective of 2 people (the cop and the "hero"). I took my kindle to Spain and read this book in 2 days a I could not put it down.
Published 8 months ago by P. Watson
4.0 out of 5 stars Another thrilling Kernick!!
This book is fast, detailed, realistic and entertaining from start to finish.

Following the stories of DS Gallan and Max Iversson, this book takes us on a journey... Read more
Published 12 months ago by SamWilliams
5.0 out of 5 stars SIMON KERNICK
ONLY DISCOVERED SIMONS NOVELS TWO MONTHS AGO AND HAVE BEEN DEVOURING THEM EVER SINCE. FANTASTIC CHARACTERS THAT REALLY DRAW YOU IN. Read more
Published 16 months ago by DENSTIX
4.0 out of 5 stars Hooked
I love Simon Kernick and the Murder Exchange certainly didn't disapoint. I loved the split character dialog which saw both characters trying to figure the pieces of the puzzle. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Johnny 5 reader
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

There's a problem loading this menu at the moment.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.

    Your Shopping Basket is empty.

    Give it purpose -- fill it with books, DVDs, clothes, electronics and more.

    If you already have an account, sign in.

    There's a problem previewing your shopping basket at the moment.

    Check your Internet connection and go to your cart, or try again.

    View Shopping Basket (0 items)

      Customer Discussions

      This product's forum
      Discussion Replies Latest Post
      No discussions yet

      Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
      Start a new discussion
      Topic:
      First post:
      Prompts for sign-in
       


      Active discussions in related forums
      Search Customer Discussions
      Search all Amazon discussions
         
      Related forums

      Listmania!

      Create a Listmania! list

      Look for similar items by category

      Feedback


      Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges