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The Twilight Time (Hardcover)

by Karen Campbell (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 462 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; First Edition edition (3 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340935596
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340935590
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 333,844 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'I loved it.. Anna is a great, original character, the plot fairly whizzes along and Karen Campbell has a great way with images. It seems to me that in crime writing these days (perhaps always) it’s really only the women writers who can do interesting characters AND interesting plot, but then we were multi-taskers ever. I look forward to the next one.' (Kate Atkinson )

'This is gritty as all hell, shot through with black humour and with enough pace and atmosphere to give the likes of Denise Mina a run for their money. All this and the chutzpah to create a seedy and unpleasant superintendent named Rankin!' (Mark Billingham )

'THE TWILIGHT TIME, powered by stiletto-sharp prose, is a pertinent expose of the contamination seeping into lives from prostitution and a drugs economy ruled by money-laundering thugs. But against this background, her story also vividly illustrates the physical and emotional damage caused to police officers by the vile reality of their work.' (The Herald )

'I couldn't stop reading. The slow-burn investigation and the car-crash relationships were absolutely compelling... I loved it.' (Catriona Macpherson, author of BURY HER DEEP )

'Karen Campbell has a wonderful ear for dialogue and I found her descriptions of Glasgow
mesmerizing.' (Vena Cork, author of THORN )

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Anna Cameron is a new Sergeant in the Flexi Unit. On her first day in the new job she discovers she’ll be working with her ex, Jamie, now married with a child. In at the deep end emotionally after many years without him, she’s also plunged headlong into the underworld of Glasgow’s notorious Drag – the haunt of working girls, drug dealers and sad, seedy men. Someone is carving up the faces of local prostitutes, an old man has been brutally killed and racist violence is on the rise; Anna must deal with all this alongside tensions and backstabbing within her own team.

Atmospheric, affecting and beautifully-written, THE TWILIGHT TIME is a stunning debut from a remarkably talented new crime writer.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT DEBUT BY A GREAT NEW TALENT, 6 April 2008
By J. CLARK - See all my reviews
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The book has been lumped into the crime-genre, mainly because the main characters are on the police (or married to someone in the police), and of course there are crimes to be solved.

And, as a crime-novel, it is superbly-written, with enough twists and turns in the plot to keep you intrigued to the end.

But this is a book is so much more than a run-of-the mill crime novel. It is every bit as much about the tedium of domesticity and the politics of the workplace as it is a crime novel. It is a every bit an alternative travelogue of Glasgow as it is a crime novel. It has characters that are so multi-dimensional that one moment you will admire them and the you will pity or even despise them.

I understand that the author has signed an initial deal for 2 books and that the second has already been written. I can't wait....
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Twilight Time - Karen Campbell, 17 Sep 2009
By J. Wright (Glasgow , Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twilight Time (Paperback)
As a Glaswegian, I found this book set in and around the city's Red Light district a fascinating insight into an area of the city that I have no dealings with. The characters are all very well constructed and believable and the dialogues are fast paced and catch the descriptive quality of the Glasgow vernacular. The black humour and comical insights lighten an otherwise dark storyline.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!, 13 April 2008
By V. MacLean - See all my reviews
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I read this book in a weekend as I could not put it down. It is not a crime novel, yeah, it has police officers in it who have crimes to solve but it's the characters personal lives that are the captivating part of this novel. It is a brilliantly written book by a fantastic author. Lets hope she has many more novels like this one up her sleeve.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Karen Campbell's first book is an excellent read. It gives a great insight into the seedier side of Glasgow policing however deals with numerous personal and relationshp issues... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. Suzanne Stewart

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Life on Both Sides of the Law
A truly brilliant read. This is a story about real cops, not cardboard cut-outs : people who bleed and get angry, who have morals yet do the wrong thing, who get scared but still... Read more
Published 4 months ago by E Webb

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB NOVEL
I thought that this book was a superb read. The plot,the characters and the language wre all convincing and thrilling and carried the story along brilliantly. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Leslie Pikr

3.0 out of 5 stars OK but
Could have done with a translation dictionary at times but on the whole seemed easy to grasp. I thought the main character went a bit over the top at times and you have to wonder... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Susie N.

3.0 out of 5 stars Anyone got a Glaswegian Dictionary?
This may be a better thriller than I give it credit for, but it's incredibly difficult to understand much of the vocabulary given the prolific use of Glaswegian/Scottish... Read more
Published 6 months ago by SuzieB

4.0 out of 5 stars Gritty police work
Interesting first novel. Gets down to basics and doesn't try to avoid the realism of policing in a dangerous and dirty environment. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Keith F. Pike

5.0 out of 5 stars TRUTHFUL WRITING AT ITS BEST
Sorry, but I absolutely disagree with that one star review! What makes this book so brilliant is the fact that the language, as well as the characters, is all so authentic... Read more
Published 8 months ago by C Bell

1.0 out of 5 stars An opposing view
I loathed this book and just thought I'd mention why, in case anyone else doesn't realise that this book has too much dialect. So much so that I lost the plot. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. E. J. Alway

5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Read!
I am a big reader and have read the works of many great authors- Campbell is definately one of them! Read more
Published 9 months ago by D McCauley

3.0 out of 5 stars Anti-heroine problem
I found it difficult to enjoy the book because the leading character Anna Cameron is so unpleasant - but perhaps this is true to life for successful women in the Glasgow police... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. D. S. Crossman

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