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Andrew Klavan, author of True Crime and Don't Say A Word
A powerful and assured debut. It kept me turning the pages and guessing all the way.
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The opening scene of this piece is enough to get you hooked until the end: a man with a knife in each hand standing over the moonlit naked body of a female, both drenched by a heavy rainfall. Although the scene looks self-explanatory, the killer appears to have no identity and neither is there any evidence to convict him of the crime. Cue the clich d lonesome investigator, Alex Rourke, who is called back to his hometown in order to help solve the case. However, as the murder mystery gradually unravels, Rourke finds himself increasingly the pawn rather than the player of a sinister game. Can our hero outwit the killer? Rickards' use of the pathetic fallacy and descriptive dark settings provide a brilliant staging to this dramatic debut novel.
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The morning is well underway by the time I reach the red brick building in Boston's Fenway district, not far from Kenmore Square, that serves as my office, workplace and home away from home. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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The morning is well underway by the time I reach the red brick building in Boston's Fenway district, not far from Kenmore Square, that serves as my office, workplace and home away from home. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just for once the front cover of a novel truly sets the scene for the plot that follows - dark, brooding, mysterious, qualities which enigmatically develop with the main character, antihero Alex Rourke. The portrayal of small-town America is perceptively painted and the gripping suspense chills right from the start. Be warned. Once you start reading this you won't be able to stop.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just finished reading this book, I couldn't put it down. The story is interesting and engaging and the characters well developed. One of the best crime novels I have read in recent times which keeps you reading, guessing and second guessing until the very end. I would definitely recommend this to anyone.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like another reviewer I got this as part of a set and couldn't put it down.
Unlike many 'thriller' writers, you can't see quite where he is going with the story and you get the sense that his charcaters are just as suprised by plot developments as you are, a sign of a really good writer that he allows his charcters freedom.
Was very suprised to find out that he was British as would have said it wa by an American writer it was so authentic.
Atmospheric, claustrophobic with an uneasy, unsettling feel to the story and a flawed hero but not int he traditional sense, I now have all his books though this one is one of the best of the four.
Highly recommended if you like thrillers that won't let you go!
Unlike many 'thriller' writers, you can't see quite where he is going with the story and you get the sense that his charcaters are just as suprised by plot developments as you are, a sign of a really good writer that he allows his charcters freedom.
Was very suprised to find out that he was British as would have said it wa by an American writer it was so authentic.
Atmospheric, claustrophobic with an uneasy, unsettling feel to the story and a flawed hero but not int he traditional sense, I now have all his books though this one is one of the best of the four.
Highly recommended if you like thrillers that won't let you go!
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When suspense novel becomes psychological thriller.
When suspense novel becomes psychological thriller.
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Published 1 month ago by Yvonne
Glad when winter's ended
This was a very slow and moody read, a good story but not of enough interest to keep me hooked.
Published 6 months ago by E. Brislin
Amateurish
This is written in the style of a schoolboy aiming to win a creative writing prize. It is absolutely riddled with cliches, drones from one boring incident to the next and is... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Random
A very good read
I actually got this book in a set of five as a present so I wasn't expecting much but I have to say I was very surprised! Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2007 by H. Maidens
Novelist's Start
This is the first novel by Rickards and therefore can be forgiven for not being the best book ever. The central premise surrounds Alex Rourke, a former FBI interrogator turned PI. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2006 by Sam
Entertaining but predictably preposterous...
This is a jolly little thriller which licks along at a good pace and doesn't trouble the reader with too much in the way of deep and meaningful sub-text, social commentary or... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by Rowena Hoseason
Gripping detective thriller
Sometimes catching the killer is only the beginning.The advert on the tube station caught my eye. Bought the book at WH Smiths on Victoria Stn. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2004 by Mr. M. Luxon
Winter's End
A good crime novel, that follows the genre conventions as well as offering something new. Nicholas, the murder gives himself up in the first chapter and former FBI man Alex Rourke... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2004
Winter's End.
I don't really read a lot of crime but I do know the conventions of the genre. This is a crime novel but it begins with such a great atmosphere it almost crosses over into the... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2004 by Mr. A. P. Venables
Stop the world, I want to finish this book!
Unputdownable, as I've just found out. The locations, the weather and the characters make this a truly gripping read. Read more
Published on 19 May 2004 by Sally Spedding
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