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For the Death of Me (Paperback)

by Quintin Jardine (Author)
2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (7 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755321065
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755321063
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 470,969 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It's summertime in Monaco and Oz Blackstone is sitting on the verandah of his opulent mansion - one of three homes - idly gazing at Roman Abramovich's luxury yacht as it gently cruises into the harbour. Life doesn't get much better than this. But somebody knows where he lives. A struggling author sweet talks him into buying the movie rights to his latest novel for $50,000, and a shocking trap is laid. The demons of the past begin to creep up on Oz's sunny life: blackmail and murder are lurking in the shadows. Oz travels all the way to Singapore to track down the owner of some incriminating photographs but he's in grave danger of over-exposure. And when organised crime muscles in on the picture, Oz is getting perilously close to losing a lot more than his wealth and reputation...


About the Author

Quintin Jardine took to crime writing both naturally and with relief. Both series of books by Quintin Jardine are available from Headline, the Bob Skinner novels, and the equally praised but very different, Oz Blackstone series. Quintin Jardine is married with an extended family of four adult kids, and two Tonkinese cats.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A winner!, 7 Mar 2007
This review is from: For the Death of Me (Oz Blackstone Mysteries) (Paperback)
This is the first oz blackstone story I have ever read and in fact the first Qunitin Jardine book I had ever read. It definetely makes my top 10 books. The storyline is brilliant and has encouraged me to read more Oz Blackstone stories as well!
Amazing!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars He builds them up to break them down, 21 Jul 2006
By J. Mountain (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For the Death of Me (Oz Blackstone Mysteries) (Paperback)
I've been reading and enjoying QJ's Bob Skinner and Oz Blackstone novels for a few years now. Big Bob is the alpha middle aged male cop with a mission, and Oz is the young joker who just kept on getting lucky with women, careers and money. All the books have intriguing plots, a cast of vivid characters and a driving pace that keeps you reading to the end. Bob and Oz - and their close ones - live in real time and develop in personality if not wisdom as time goes by.
That said, the disappointing aspect of this book is that Oz seems to have turned into Bob - always right, always full of himself, always rapping out instructions, always name-checking high cost consumer items from watches to private jets and always solving the mystery. He's on top of the world, Ma. Wouldn't you just love to see him come a cropper?
Based on what QJ did with Bob Skinner a few years ago, I predict Oz will reach the heights and fall from them in the next book. He'll be nominated for Best Supporting Actor, have another perfect child (goodness knows who by)and solve another murderous mystery. But It Will All Go Horribly Wrong and many of us will feel profound satisfaction at his fall into depression and disgrace. The media have been getting extremely rich on our desire to see the mighty fallen for years. Well worth reading this one and the next for the schadenfreude alone. Great writing and great marketing, Mr Jardine!
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4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Product placement galore!!, 14 Mar 2006
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I have never read a book with so much product placement in my life - constant references to Avis, Breitling, the Philip Kingsley Trichological Centre (how much did they pay him?!), Rolling Rock, the list goes on..... The main character Oz Blackstone? Annoying, irritating, sexist. The plot? Predictable, unsatisfying. The first book I've read by this author..... and the last!!
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