Randomby Craig Robertson
Release date in UK: April 2010
Genre: Thriller
Paperback: 336 pages
Rating: 4
Description from the amazon:
Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the police baffled. There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason behind the killings; no kind of pattern or motive; an entirely different method of murder each time, and nothing that connects the victims except for the fact that the little fingers of their right hands have been severed.
If DS Rachel Narey could only work out the key to the seemingly random murders, how and why the killer selects his victims, she would be well on her way to catching him. But as the police, the press and a threatening figure from Glasgow's underworld begin to close in on The Cutter, his carefully-laid plans threaten to unravel - with horrifying consequences.
My two-bits:
In-a-word(s): tagliatelle tangle
What does this have to do with Alice week? Well, it's random and just right for Alice's adventure in Whatsitland which is a random event in itself ;-D
This tale takes you into the mind of a serial killer. urg, not really a pleasant place to be. But interesting to see how it works. Or rather, how one in particular does.
The first half of the book has a slow pace in telling you how this particular person evolves into a killer. Then the pace picks up with a thrilling ride to the end where the killer is not only being hunted by the cops but by the underworld.
Star Trek sighting:
some Klingon-speak
bortaS bIr jablu'DI', reH QaQqu' nay.
(ARC, chapter 17, page 109)
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I came across this book in a bargain bin and had never heard of the author.
ReplyDeleteI quite enjoyed the book and I think it is something a bit different.
BIRD by Jane Adams.
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Recently I fell in love with The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer. It was amazing! It scared the pants right off me!
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+1 review; http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/01/last-surgeon-michael-palmer.html
Recommend a good thriller novel you enjoyed recently and provide your email in comments.
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon A Nightmare by Lee Moylan
+1 provide a link to your review of the book recommended
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Cry For Help (Steve Mosby)
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http://letras-sem-fundo.blogspot.com/2010/02/alerta-informatico.html
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The Stieg Larsson's trilogy!
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It's been such a long time since I read a thriller, but the last one I enjoyed was A Quiet Belief in Angels by R.J. Ellory.
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I've been reading Daniel Silva
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Ritual by Mo Hayder!
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I just read Dan Brown's first book.
ReplyDeleteNot as good as expected, but still a fine time spent!
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Not much of a thriller reader, but I ran into In the Shadow of the Law by Kermit Roosevelt.
ReplyDeleteIt's good!
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