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Lädt ... Eight Perfect Murders: A Novel (Malcolm Kershaw) (Original 2019; 2020. Auflage)von Peter Swanson (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. “Books are time travel…they can take you back to different versions of yourself.” This started off well and had an interesting twist but it tended to drag and be repetitive. The references to the other books within the plot gave a lot of spoilers but that is to be expected. The characters lacked depth and interest so I wasn’t particularly invested in the protagonist being good or bad, alive or dead. I think I preferred the cat the most! Personal irk, I hate it when authors constantly repeat surnames of only some of the characters. Most of us readers are not morons with short attention spans and it shows an annoying lack of consistency. This started off well even though I had no idea where the story was leading. The narrator is a mystery bookseller and created a blog post about eight well-known mysteries with the same title as the book. I have already read the books referenced so I wasn’t worried about spoilers, which was fortunate as there are many. My suspicions began before the FBI started showing an interest in the list and the list-maker. Repeated references to the plots and characters from books on the list gave the story a repetitive feel, compounded by the corresponding plot and characters in the story. A clever idea that got bogged down in details. Disappointing, especially with so many spoilers. I will admit that when I first started this book, I was not sure that I would finish it. What I perceived it to be more about literature books of the perfect murder, happily turned out to be so much more. I am relieved that I stuck with it. The book does follow many works of classic suspense books, but entwined with its own unique story. A story that held my interest right through to the end. It definitely has some neat interesting twists that you might not see coming. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Malcolm Kershaw ist Teilhaber des "Old Devils Bookstore", der auf neue und gebrauchte Kriminalromane spezialisiert ist. Mitten im Schneesturm steht FBI-Agentin Gwen Mulvey vor seiner Ladentür. Sie ermittelt in einer Mordserie, deren Muster an Krimiklassiker erinnern, die Malcolm in einem alten Blog als beste Beispiele für den perfekten Mord aufgelistet hatte. Der eigenbrötlerische Ich-Erzähler unterstützt Glens Ermittlungen, vergleicht Krimis mit realen Morden und besichtigt einen Tatort. Nebenbei enthüllt sich sein eigenes Leben, wobei allmählich dunkle Geheimnisse auftauchen. Bald ist ungewiss, wer hier schuldig ist. Es gibt zahlreiche Lesetipps, zusätzlich zu den 8 Blog-Titeln (von Christie, Highsmith, Tartt u.a.), die z.T. gespoilert werden. - Wenig blutrünstig, nicht unbedingt realitätsnah und vielleicht nicht für jeden Thriller-Leser, aber fesselnd, mit verblüffenden Wendungen und tollem Setting: Von der Buchhandlung mit Ladenkater Nero bis zum winterlichen Boston. Der anspielungsreiche Thriller des Erfolgsautors (vgl. P. Swanson: "Angst sollst du haben", ID-A 15/21) wird überall empfohlen Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Malcolm is an interesting character and narrator that we slowly learn more about and I loved the plot of catching a killer who tries to imitate the murders from books on a list. I enjoyed the places the story went to and I also loved the ending.
The book spoilers the main twists of the books from the list and also of the Murder of Roger Ackroyd, but it didn't put me off reading them at all, instead it made me want to read (most of) them, and some of them I have now read! I love it when books manage to get me interested in other books I never would have picked up otherwise.
Objectively speaking, The kind worth killing is probably Peter Swanson's best work, but this one is my favourite from him.
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