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Death Trip (2009)

by Lee Weeks(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1847561268 (ISBN13: 9781847561268)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

series

Detective Johnny Mann

review 1: This was the first Johnny Mann book I've read and it won't be the last. A gripping take about 5 young overseas volunteers who are abducted by a psychopath and his men in Thailand, Deathy Trip follows Mann's desperate quest to find them.A bit grisly at times and not for the faint hearted, this book had me hooked. Johnny Mann is a complex character with a lot of mileage in him. The one criticism I do have is the continual use of phrase like 'was sat' and 'was stood.' I found them grating and they detracted from an otherwise well written book. One, is it even proper English? Two, as a writer myself I know that you shouldn't have words in sentences that are superfluous. Maybe the publisher's need to get a better proof reader?
review 2: 'Death Trip' is as dirty and ... moregritty as it gets while maintaining a mainstream facade. Laced with vivid imagery and provocative prose, the third instalment in the Johnny Mann series delves deeper into Mann's history and quest rid the world of all its evils one case at a time.As the title suggests, Death Trip is just that, as 5 unassuming youths travel to parts of Thailand ravaged by tsunami on a volunteer mission of goodwill. However, NAP, the agency responsible for placing them isn't as clean and well meaning as it seems. Before long the group is forced to endure horrific acts of cruelty at the hands of rebels in the jungle boarding Thailand and Burma. It is here, we learn of Saw Wah Say, a man bordering on beast with a blood lust seemingly never satisfied no matter the luridness by which it is spilled and consumed. A true sadist who sees the weak and innocent as nothing more than his playthings. Luckily, Mann and his fellow policemen in Ng and Shrimp pose enough good to combat the bad. Lee Weeks deserves top billing as one of the most entertaining crime writers to emerge in recent times, each instalment of the Johnny Mann series gets better and more daring. Not staying true to a given formula each outing is as diverse as the next whilst maintaining a continuity to the Johnny Mann saga. 'Death Trip' was a blast from the drug fuelled streets of Amsterdam, the high rises of Hong Kong, to the dark and violent blood soaked grounds of the Thailand jungle. 4 stars. less

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