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Cutting Blades (Paperback)

by Victoria Blake (Author)
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  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ); Export/Airport/Ireland Ed edition (17 Mar 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752868136
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752868134
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,909,103 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The year hasn't got off to the best of starts for PI Sam Falconer. London is frozen in a January blizzard, and everywhere she goes, Sam has the creeping feeling of being watched. When she's asked to investigate the disappearance of a talented young rower from Oxford University, she hopes it will take her mind off her increasing paranoia. Harry was a stunning athlete, one of the most naturally gifted rowers the Oxford coach had ever seen. Then, just as the trials for the Boat Race were beginning, Harry literally vanished into the snow. Following the treacherous, icy waters of the Thames from Putney to Oxford, Sam begins to pick at the seams of the ruthlessly competitive world of rowing. Beneath the apparent camaraderie, there's a simmering current of jealousy and resentment. Harry haunts her - an elusive figure just beyond reach. Then a body surfaces in the water - and it's not Harry's. In discovering the truth about his disappearance, Sam must open a Pandora's Box of secrets, with deadly consequences... CUTTING BLADES is the second novel to feature Sam Falconer, one of the most fascinating private investigators in contemporary crime fiction. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


About the Author

Victoria Blake was born in Oxford and read history at Lady Margaret Hall. Having qualified as a solicitor, she began working for the publisher, Gerald Duckworth. She took a year out to concentrate on her writing and began working part-time as a bookseller. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cutting Blades - an excellent second novel., 31 Mar 2005
This review is from: Cutting Blades (Hardcover)
"Cutting Blades", Victoria Blake's sequel to "Bloodless Shadow", builds on the world Ms Blake established so effectively in her first novel. It draws the reader in while keeping the action going, the plot twisting and turning. Sam Falconer becomes an increasingly complex, interesting and engaging lead character, and we can't help wanting to know what will happen next (next novel, that is,)in her life, let alone the lives of her clients.

A second novel can sometimes be a bit of a let down. "Cutting Blades" is nothing of the kind. I really enjoyed it and, rather like a wonderful meal which took a long time to prepare but is eaten in an hour, I am rather shocked that I've finished "Cutting Blades" and must, presumably, wait another year or so to find out what's next for Ms Falconer. So good luck with number three, Ms Blake, I think there'll be a great meny of us queuing up for it when it comes out.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Reader from Oxford, 1 Oct 2006
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This review is from: Cutting Blades (Paperback)
Having really enjoyed her first book, I was a bit disappointed in Cutting Blades. The trouble is the rather ineffectual plot, and the illusion that Sam is running a Detective Agency. I do not believe that her agency could survive for a week. The character development is fine, but why try and pretend that Sam is any good as a detective?

As I am familiar with Oxford I can follow the local geography, but without that I think I would find it irritating trying to follow the street names and progress around the city.

I will read the next book, but maybe with less excited anticipation than I started Cutting Blades. I do worry about her cat.
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