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Flashback (Hardcover)

by Jenny Siler (Author) "SISTER HELOISE GOT up from her place at the back of the nave and made the sign of the cross ..." (more)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Orion; First Edition edition (15 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752856405
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752856407
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,491,352 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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WARWICKSHIRE EVENING TELEGRAPH
'The taut dialogue doesn't leave much room for distractions... Siler has a gifted turn of phrase.'

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'Siler's fourth and best-yet novel is a pounding, precisely-plotted thriller ... Siler brilliantly explores the nature of amnesia, portraying it as a condition to be feared, understood and overcome. She writes well about violence, fear and betrayal (all constituents of the climate she explores) and her sense of place ... is acute and exciting. Flashback is a terrific read. On present form Jenny Siler is showing the competion a clean and perfectly-shaped pair of heels.' (LITERARY REVIEW )

'Jenny Siler's excellent new novel is a fast rush of a story and Siler keeps the reader glued to the pages as Eve discovers who and what she truly is. A real cracker.' (Mark Timlin INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY )

'Siler's well-paced thriller takes Eve on a journey through Europe, slowly regaining her memory of a life in which she consorted with an assorted band of shady characters, none of whom she can trust.' (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )

'Siler has created a fast-paced page-turner of a novel. This is partly down to her heroine, who tackles the danger of investigating her past with enough toughness to be admirable and enough humour and vulnerability to be likeable.' (INK )

'With many a twist and turn in a tightly plotted and well-paced narrative, this is a read that is flush with action and suspense in equal measure. Thriller devotees will not be disappointed.' (GOOD BOOK GUIDE )

'Jenny Siler gives us a fast-paced, eventful novel, helped by keeping Eve on the move as she tries to piece together her past. The plot is well constructed, following a logical sequence. However, it is not simple and there are one or two interesting twists. Suspense is maintained well throughout... Flashback is a cleverly structured, tense and often witty novel, worth reading.' (SHOTS )

'The taut dialogue doesn't leave much room for distractions... Siler has a gifted turn of phrase.' (WARWICKSHIRE EVENING TELEGRAPH )

'Flashback is the first in a proposed 3-book series. Readers who like their books suspenseful and appreciate a strong female protagonist should find Flashback a very satisfying beginning.' (I LOVE A MYSTERY )

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is an extraordinary book, 25 Mar 2004
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Flashback is an extraordinary book - it's difficult to praise it highly enough - six stars maybe?. Jenny Siler never writes formulaic mysteries anyway - since "Easy Money" when she sprang fully mature to the top of the genre, each of her novels has been more tense & atmospheric than the last. Flashback is an investigation by Eve into her own identity. Being left in France for dead, amnesiac, with a gunshot wound to the head, she recuperates with a community of nuns. From her teeth they tell her she's American; from a small scar, they say she had a child - but apart from the only clue to her previous life - a receipt for a ticket on the Tangier-Algeciras ferry - nobody knows who she is or why anybody wanted her dead. When the nuns are massacred - they had come for "the American" they said, Eve flees, taking with her the ferry receipt realising that wherever she is, she will be a danger to others. It involves travel from Marrakesh to Bratislava to discover who wants her dead, but along the way she finds out what kind of woman she is & what she is capable of doing. That she can fight if she must, that she can shoot - but what is she doing in Europe - & North Africa? The writing is beautiful - the plotting emaculate & the atmosphere - created by a background of shifting restless characters & the weather, with vivid descriptions of scents & smells, it creates a tension that grips to the end. I was captivated by the happy ending - I turned the book round & read it again.
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3.0 out of 5 stars good thriller, 30 Aug 2007
By Yoga Fan (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Flashback (Paperback)
The most distinguishing aspect for this action-thriller book is that the main character is female. This adds a different angle to the genre, especially as she is a mother who in the beginning cannot remember anything about the child she left behind as well as her previous life. The notes about the author say that she is well travelled and she seems to have used that to good use in setting the background scenery for the story.

The book does fall down on a few points though. The general plot scenario is reminiscent of the film version of "The Bourne Identity" (I haven't read the book). There are a couple of plot twists concerning some of the other charaters.

The ending was somewhat anti-climatic. Although the main character has to step into a potentially dangerous situation to discover her past, she is under no real threat as the true villain is unable to cause her harm.

The ending also had an unfinished feel to it which may be deliberate to enable a sequel to be written.

At the end of the day this book kept me turning the page so I would say it was a good read. If a sequel was forthcoming I'd be tempted to read it.
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