Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781848540958
ISBN: 1848540957
Label: John Murray
Manufacturer: John Murray
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: June 16, 2008
Publisher: John Murray
Studio: John Murray

---

Related Items:

• The Outcast
• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
• The Resurrectionist
• The Forgotten Garden
• The Road Home
• see more

Alternate Versions: Click to Display

Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display

---

Rating: - Atmospheric and Memorable
I am not a regular reader and am very choosy, but I read this book within a few days and was so sorry to finish it! The story moved along at a good pace and the characters were well presented. I got a real sense of the beautiful settings and surroundings, and despite guessing the main villain quite early on, was still pretty gripped through to the end. Lots of twists and turns along the way too. My only negative comment would be the lack of passion between the two leading characters - I didn't get ... Read More

---

Rating: - I don't understand the hype
Thank goodness for reviewer LH Healy - my friends and I thought we were the only people who didn't care for this book! It's not badly written but it's let down by implausible actions by the characters, and hints of the twists to come are glaringly obvious. I bought it on the strength of Matthew Lewin's review in the Guardian - a mistake I don't intend to make again.

---

Rating: - Good and Gripping
This is one of the those books that creates a world that you keep wanting to return to; you think about it during your working day and can't wait to get back into it.

It is not just the quality of the thriller that does this, but also the complex interplay of the characters and their relationships. There's always some new insight waiting for you every few pages.

Adam Chase makes an interesting hero. His anger and resentment keep surfacing and you understand how his impetuousness ... Read More

---

Rating: - A great summer read
A great read. This is a fast paced drama with unique characters and a plot full of twists to keep you guessing. This book isnt as fast paced as something like the Da Vinci code, and not as meaningful or intelligent as many other books. But if you want a fast paced, atmospheric and clever mystery. I highly recommend this book.

---

Rating: - Unimpressive and tedious
Often I read reviews on Amazon, where people have generally liked a novel, and there is one where the reviewer writes 'I must be missing something', or words to that effect. Well in the case of this novel, I must be that person, because I don't understand all the hype about it at all.

I just about forced myself to finish it as I was (just) interested enough to read the end, but only just. I kept thinking there must be some amazing twists in the plot to come, but they never arrived, and I had already ... Read More

---