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Silent Valley (2012)

by Malla Nunn(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1742610889 (ISBN13: 9781742610887)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

PanMacmillan Australia

series

Detective Emmanuel Cooper

review 1: Third in the series from Malla Nunn, and at least as good as the first book, maybe better. The plot evolves naturally from the characters and the culture they inhabit. Because of the secrets and mysteries inherent in apartheid South Africa, the twists of plot and revelations are often surprising but never feel unlikely or unearned. Excellent series that I'm happy to have discovered (Thanks Country Bookshelf in Bozeman, MT).
review 2: I have to say this straight away when I picked up the book I didn't know it was a detective/mystery story. I generally steer clear of those as I have mentioned in a previous review the storylines are always the same. This one wasn't part of the usual pattern altogether, however, it's still a mystery to me is how I find a cha... moreracter in the book suspicious and the detective and sidekick doesn't. I suppose that is why the genre can be "mystery" what happens to the characters isn't a mystery it's how the reader can view the story's workings that's the mystery. It was interesting to read. In my case I was wondering how long it was going to take for the detective and sidekick to catch up with my thinking. It's always at the end. But I wonder why the two detective stories I've read the main protagonist has issues with their past? Is that a chief requirement for the job description? One has to have past history of a problematic kind before you can join the ranks. As with the last book it doesn't feed my need for detective books. less

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