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Five Ways To Kill A Man (2010)

by Alex Gray(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1847441971 (ISBN13: 9781847441973)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Sphere

series

DCI Lorimer

review 1: Boring read. The "red herring" was so overdone it was laughable. Even with the attempts to blame another character, it was obvious from the get go who the killer was - yet, we are left at the end to guess as to the motive, or should I say motives. The author painfully takes up pages and pages with minutia and details as to what a character is thinking or what a place looks like, or describing a memorial, and then when it comes to the meat and bones, the MOTIVE, we are left to assume (SPOILER ALERT!) the killer was molested by her father?, emotionally abused by her mother?, simply a psychopath/sociopath or combination of both.
review 2: The book cover says that Alex Gray does for Glasgow what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh. I don't agree. And I wish I could g... moreive half stars. It's not a 4, but nor is it a 3. I enjoyed it - good psychological mystery, but a simplistic manner of writing that doesn't do justice to the depth of the characters or settings. All the elements are there. I just think it needed a bit more substance. It's not a Rankin, nor is it a Val McDermid, but on the other hand it was a good mystery and a nice change of setting. I'm sure the Glaswegians will be enjoying knowing where each piece was set. less

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