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Der Cop (2012)

by Ryan David Jahn(Favorite Author)

3.53 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

345326777X (ISBN13: 9783453267770)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Heyne Verlag

review 1: I enjoyed this although felt it got a tad farfetched at one point. However, it didn't carry on heading in that direction so all was well. I had some confusion too-the title on the book is The Dispatcher yet Amazon call it Dispatcher. Seemed strange.It was a fascinating premise with Ian the dispatcher answering the phone to a caller who he recognises as his daughter who'd disappeared seven years before. Dum, dum, dum.....so now he's guaranteed that she's still alive he is determined to do everything he can to bring her home again. You had to feel just a little sorry for the character Beatrice despite everything.There were odd mistakes like words dropped from sentences like the, then words needlessly added like few in one instance and the odd hyphen that wasn't needed. I alw... moreays notice (and it drives me to distraction) that Americans always drop of from a sentence. For example-'couple daycare centers' and 'couple inches of ash'. They also tend to use terrible English like when they ask "What do you got" ? I'm not having a go at this author alone as a LOT do it !! He's certainly not alone. At one point Henry called Sarah Maggie which I didn't believe he'd have done, either.The ending happened upon me very suddenly !! I looked at another couple by this author I thought looked a little "samey" but one isn't and I'll add that to my wishlist.
review 2: Reason for Reading: I love a good thriller and the publisher's summary pulled me into giving this one a go.When I sat down to start reading this book which has closer to 400 pages than 300, it was early in the morning and little did I know I would be in the same spot that evening tapping to the final pages of this addictive read. My back was sore, my thumb ached (from tapping pages on my Kindle Touch) but I had just been on the most thrilling ride of my recent reading life. I've read some pretty good books this year; 186 and counting so far with many 4 and 5 star rated reads but it has been quite some time since I read a thriller in one day and felt like I was on the edge of my seat the whole way through!The story only takes place over several days, four or five I'm guessing. Again this is a mystery where the reader knows the culprit and the thrill is first in watching the police discover who he is and then once he becomes known a wild cross country chase takes place which keeps the pulse rate high and the chest tight. The narrative switches points of view between the father, the daughter and the kidnapper; each starting at different points in time to get the background story told but they do quickly join up so that the narratives flow together in the present. I love this approach when we know who the culprit/killer is, as getting inside his head/mindset is very intriguing. Jahn has written one of those books that you pick up and just cannot put down until you finish. The pace is fast, the writing sparse, dialogue driven, the plot includes both violence and unexpected twists, no one is safe and the ending feels like it could only have been that way. This would make a good movie! And I am going to read Jahn's first book "Good Neighbours" as soon as I can, which has been compared to Hitchcock for it's suspense! less

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