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The Rock [Kindle Edition]

Robert Daws
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

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The Rock. Gibraltar. 1966.

In a fading colonial house overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar, the dead body of a beautiful woman lays dripping in blood. The steel handle of a knife protrudes from her chest, its sharpened tip buried deep within her heart.

The Rock. Present day.

Detective Sergeant Tamara Sullivan arrives on The Rock on a three-month secondment from the London Metropolitan Police Service. Her reasons for being here are not happy ones and she braces herself for a tedious and wasteful twelve weeks in the sun.

After all, murders are rare on the small, prosperous and sun-kissed sovereignty of Gibraltar and catching murderers is what Sullivan does best.

It is a talent she shares with her new boss, Chief Inspector Gus Broderick of the Royal Gibraltar Police Force. He's an old-fashioned cop who regards his new colleague with mild disdain.

But when a young police constable is found hanging from the ceiling of his apartment, Sullivan and Broderick begin to unravel a dark and dangerous secret that will test their skills and working relationship to the limit.

About the Author

Robert Daws is a British theatre and television actor best known for his roles in long running tv series such as the award winning Outside Edge, Jeeves and Wooster, Roger,Roger, The Royal, Rock and Chip, Casualty and countless other appearances to date. His most recent theatre work includes Michael Frayn's Alarms and Excursions, The Secret of Sherlock Holmes and Yes Prime Minister in London's West End. He has worked extensively for BBC Radio, most notably co-creating the returning police detective series Trueman and Riley with Brian B Thompson. The Rock is the first of a series of planned Sullivan and Broderick novels.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 219 KB
  • Print Length: 151 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1479385921
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Circlehouse Publishing (23 July 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B008OJX934
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #27 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The Rock- Brilliant! 10 Oct 2012
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Bought this book as my first e-book purchase. It had me glued from start to finish and have since read it several more times. Can't wait to buy the paper back version. Absolutely fantastic! Well done & can't wait for the next one :)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 9 Sep 2012
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Really enjoyed this book, not a long read but kept me glued from beginning to end also the end came as a surprise. wasn't expecting much from it so was pleasantly surprised, only disapointed that there isn't a series leading from this.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea...but 11 April 2013
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This is my first novel by Robert Daws. Sadly I am disappointed. It is a very short novel and I finished it in 3 hours or so.

I was confused by this book; the writing is great, but sadly only in places and when not it seems like it is missing something. I finished the book thinking it was almost like there were a couple of points to be made with a rather thin undeveloped thread connecting them all. It is a sort of whodunnit at the end but you don't actually know it is a whodunnit until the end so at no point are we enticed into trying to guess who committed the murders. Quite confusing and too jumbled for my liking.

I think the idea was clever and had great potential. I don't know why it didn't deliver but I finished it thinking "was that it" which is never a good place to be as you finish the last page. I think it needed 200-300 more pages, linking the story points, developing the characters more. Then it would have made a decent book. However it would be even better if this could have been a series of books and a different tack had been taken. The serial killer (no you don't know there is a serial killer until the end, the same issue as the whodunnit) could have easily featured in 3 books with the big dramatic end scene at the end of the third book. Basically an excellent idea executed to get the bare minimum from it in my opinion.

Worth a read if you have a spare 3 hours. It doesn't take long so you don't feel like you lost a great chunk of time but I just feel it was such a missed opportunity. I know I sound like I am really having a go but I am not. A fair bit of the book is great, it is well written and flows nicely. It could have been much much more though. I will keep this review in the vein of the book and short.
I gave this book 3 stars out of 5.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
Having seen the author on TV regularly, I guessed that he would offer a decent story! I wasn't disappointed. I enjoyed the setting in Gibraltar and the writing style. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Markarmada
5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining book
I liked the banter that goes on in this book, very good book written well . I would read this author again there for I would recommend this book if you like mysteries, murder... Read more
Published 5 days ago by Wendy
4.0 out of 5 stars Debbie
Really enjoyed this book. Good plot and believable characters. Looking forward to the next outing for Broderick and Sullivan. Hope it will be soon.
Published 7 days ago by debbie
5.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping Must Read
I was completely fascianted by the Rock it had me hooked throughout with the numerous clever twists and turns it kept me guessing. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Cassandra
5.0 out of 5 stars The Rock
A brilliant first novel by Robert Daws. His first hand knowledge of Gibraltar makes the descriptive passages come to life. Read more
Published 1 month ago by pianojan
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read
I really enjoyed reading this. It found myself whisked away from a cold, grey English day, to bask in the sun of Gibraltar. Read more
Published 2 months ago by love my books
4.0 out of 5 stars good book
loved this story, gave me a good mental picture as i was reading it ,enjoyed it very much.and hope to find more like it.
Published 2 months ago by bookworm
5.0 out of 5 stars The Rock
This book is one that you won't want to put down infact i haven't been able to put it down since i got it! Read more
Published 3 months ago by N.J.Crago Mrs.Natalie Jane Crago
5.0 out of 5 stars Damned good read
I have long been an admirer of Rohert Daws' work as an actor and when his book appeared as a recommended read on my Kindle I knew I would be in for a treat, particulary as it was a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ms S. Cartwright
5.0 out of 5 stars Positive feedback
The Rock 10 work nil couldn't put it down till whole book read. Off work sick sanity saver, more awaited.
Published 4 months ago by Mary Proctor Mary proctor
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