When Cliff returns to his hometown to find out who attacked him over a year before, leaving him for dead, and why, he meets Tony Clayton, the man who attacked him, Or didn't attack him, as Tony claims. As Cliff tries to rebuild his memory, he's drawn further an further into a crime he has no recollection of.
While this is the basis of an intriguing plot, I found it difficult to keep up with the all the characters and the roles they played in the original crime. As a result, the narrative lost a lot of its impact and meandered along without raising the tension. However, the portrayal of Cliff, the anguished victim, wrestling with images and memories that may be false, is well done and the plot hangs together as he finally puts all the fragments together. The final twist at the end seems to be for effect as it lacks any explanation, but overall an entertaining read.
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A Death to Remember Kindle Edition
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Roger Ormerod
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Fifteen months ago Cliff Summers was brutally assaulted.
Recovered, although still suffering from memory loss, Cliff returns to his hometown with no job, no home and no prospects.
Also newly returned is Tony Clayton, a local garage owner who’s just been released from prison after serving time for the attack on Cliff.
Cliff’s plan to forget the assault and rebuild his life is scuppered when the two men meet.
Not only is Clayton adamant that he’s been wrongly accused – his wife has gone missing, and he wants Cliff’s help.
It soon becomes obvious that Cliff’s lost memory is the key to this and several other mysteries.
And with the help of pretty Nicola Waldon – who has replaced him in his role as Social Security Inspector – Cliff starts to investigate the events of that fateful day.
But Cliff’s memory is patchy, and as he isn’t even sure of who he really is he can’t be certain of his level of involvement in the crimes that emerge.
Faced with murders, disappearances, drug-dealing and blackmail, Cliff and Nicola soon find themselves out of their depth…
And very quickly 'A Death To Remember' becomes impossible to escape.
'A Death To Remember' is a chilling mystery story that is perfect for fans of Nikki French and Peter Robinson.
‘The story gallops along with an irresistible momentum...always fascinating...the shape is near perfect. The characterisation is splendid, the situations dramatic and compelling, the style economic and energetic. What more can a book offer, or a reader ask?’ - Reginald Hill
'Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods' Sunday Times
'I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands ' The Spectator
'Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method' Times Literary Supplement
Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was a prolific writer of ingenious and densely plotted crime novels - some 35 in all - which were published in the UK and the USA. He lived in Wolverhampton and amongst other things worked as a civil servant and as a Social Security inspector – backgrounds which he made full use of in his fiction, as he did with his hobbies of painting and photography.
Recovered, although still suffering from memory loss, Cliff returns to his hometown with no job, no home and no prospects.
Also newly returned is Tony Clayton, a local garage owner who’s just been released from prison after serving time for the attack on Cliff.
Cliff’s plan to forget the assault and rebuild his life is scuppered when the two men meet.
Not only is Clayton adamant that he’s been wrongly accused – his wife has gone missing, and he wants Cliff’s help.
It soon becomes obvious that Cliff’s lost memory is the key to this and several other mysteries.
And with the help of pretty Nicola Waldon – who has replaced him in his role as Social Security Inspector – Cliff starts to investigate the events of that fateful day.
But Cliff’s memory is patchy, and as he isn’t even sure of who he really is he can’t be certain of his level of involvement in the crimes that emerge.
Faced with murders, disappearances, drug-dealing and blackmail, Cliff and Nicola soon find themselves out of their depth…
And very quickly 'A Death To Remember' becomes impossible to escape.
'A Death To Remember' is a chilling mystery story that is perfect for fans of Nikki French and Peter Robinson.
Praise for Roger Ormerod:
‘The story gallops along with an irresistible momentum...always fascinating...the shape is near perfect. The characterisation is splendid, the situations dramatic and compelling, the style economic and energetic. What more can a book offer, or a reader ask?’ - Reginald Hill
'Eclectic, underrated Ormerod can be relied upon to come up with the startling goods' Sunday Times
'I am glad to announce that the detective novel is still alive and well in Mr Ormerod's skillful hands ' The Spectator
'Fast-moving, with well-orchestrated jiggery-pokery; not unlike an early Dick Francis in tone and method' Times Literary Supplement
Roger Ormerod (1920-2005) was a prolific writer of ingenious and densely plotted crime novels - some 35 in all - which were published in the UK and the USA. He lived in Wolverhampton and amongst other things worked as a civil servant and as a Social Security inspector – backgrounds which he made full use of in his fiction, as he did with his hobbies of painting and photography.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date25 Mar. 2014
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- ASIN : B00J9OTKXQ
- Publisher : Lume Books (25 Mar. 2014)
- Language : English
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- Print length : 267 pages
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Only got to 18% into this and gave it up. I just didn't really understand it and couldn't be bothered to restart it to see if anything became any clearer. It was odd that the original crime happened around 18 months ago yet we're to believe everyone maybe involved was all of a sudden covering stuff up.
Right at the beginning he put a hyphen into ex-plained and again in bloody-well did. Service was used in place of servant. I'd no idea what an SEO carpet was and did look it up on Google and was none the wiser. We lost speechmarks along the way and fronts door was written instead of front. I got to this line which to me meant nothing and gave up-"I had time to extend him my mental thanks for having saved me from stupid cowardice"...I didn't get it so that was enough for me. I read the author died in 2005 so I think it's bad putting this out in his name with all the errors in it.
Right at the beginning he put a hyphen into ex-plained and again in bloody-well did. Service was used in place of servant. I'd no idea what an SEO carpet was and did look it up on Google and was none the wiser. We lost speechmarks along the way and fronts door was written instead of front. I got to this line which to me meant nothing and gave up-"I had time to extend him my mental thanks for having saved me from stupid cowardice"...I didn't get it so that was enough for me. I read the author died in 2005 so I think it's bad putting this out in his name with all the errors in it.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2020
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Just read this having bought for kindle a few years ago. Good storyline although a little dates but then it was written in 1986. Main character a little old-fashioned and rather stereotyped. The concept was good if a bit drawn out but an easy enjoyable read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 May 2014
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You've been attacked & survived but don't know why you were attacked in first place & your memory is very patchy - so you are trying to find out. Slowly the hero finds out things but putting 2 & 2 together isn't easy & the author throws in a couple of red herrings. Well worth trying if you enjoy a well thought out mystery.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2014
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I struggled to finish this book, and it had a predictable ending. The storyline didn't grip me at all, I found it hard work.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2014
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keeps on getting better.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2014
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Cliff Summers isn't looking to investigate anything, that part of his life ended when he was brutally assaulted more than a year ago. All he wants to do is fit the jigsaw of his life back together and remember all that happened on that fateful day. He only has fragments of memories and they are contradictory. So little of it makes sense that, at times, he fears he is losing his mind. It is the fear of insanity which drives him on; that at the small matter of the body in the boot of his car!
The frustration and confusion of his sketchy memory of the day of the attack are well presented. the style in which the scenario is written is very empathic and takes the reader along on the journey; letting them experience a little of the confusion. Most of what Cliff thinks he remembers is challenged in some way at various times and gradually he comes to realise that the human brain makes adjustment in an attempt to make sense of what it thinks it remembers, and therefore he cannot trust the small flashes of memories he does have.
This was a compelling tale as the reader wills Cliff to make the necessary connections to be able to piece together the enigma behind what happened that day, and the consequences which arise from his attempts to recover the memories which someone would prefer that he didn't.
This is a sensitively told story of an indomitable courage and a wide stubbon streak which is well worth the time invested in reading it.
The frustration and confusion of his sketchy memory of the day of the attack are well presented. the style in which the scenario is written is very empathic and takes the reader along on the journey; letting them experience a little of the confusion. Most of what Cliff thinks he remembers is challenged in some way at various times and gradually he comes to realise that the human brain makes adjustment in an attempt to make sense of what it thinks it remembers, and therefore he cannot trust the small flashes of memories he does have.
This was a compelling tale as the reader wills Cliff to make the necessary connections to be able to piece together the enigma behind what happened that day, and the consequences which arise from his attempts to recover the memories which someone would prefer that he didn't.
This is a sensitively told story of an indomitable courage and a wide stubbon streak which is well worth the time invested in reading it.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 April 2014
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Author builds up plot and characters in expert way. Novel reminded me of early Peter James. Well worth trying out if fan of British Crime Fiction.
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