Home > Books & Magazines > Printed Book > Dark Spectre - Michael Dibdin

Dark Spectre - Michael Dibdin

Description: ISBN 0571177530 / Author: Michael Dibdin / Genre: Crime / Thriller / A series of apparently random and motiveless murders occurs in towns ... more

Dark Spectre - Michael Dibdin ... and cities all over America. There is nothing to connect them with an obscure religious sect operating from a Pacific island, and dedicated to the scriptural study of William Blake's poetry and the initiation of a chosen few.

Newest Review: ... third wife, the author, Katherine Beck. The plot The book begins with the serial killings of a family. The only family ... more

... members left are a 7 year old boy, who was playing hide and seek at the time and so was not killed and a daughter and her father, neither of whom were in the house at the time. The only clue was that one of the killers was wearing Nike Air Jordan's. We then meet the main character, Phil, who describes his set of friends in his late teens. The five friends live together and frequently drink and do drugs. One night, one of the five, Sam, takes a near overdose to avoid being caught in possession by the police. When he even...more

Books Price Comparison

A Long Finish by Michael Dibdin - Faber & Faber Fresh from the successful investigation of a series of crimes in ...	£ 0.99	Postage & Packaging: £ 2.75 Availability: refer to shop website
Format: Paperback, ISBN: 9780194791212 Pages: 80, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Oxford University Press - ...	£ 4.49	Postage & Packaging: £ 2.75 Availability: refer to shop website
Format: paperback, Publisher: Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0194 Pages: 80, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Oxford University Press - ...	£ 4.75	Postage & Packaging: £ 2.75 Availability: refer to shop website
Format: paperback (A format), Publisher: Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0 Pages: 192, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Faber and Faber - Books/S ...	£ 5.49	Postage & Packaging: refer to shop website Availability: refer to shop website
Format: paperback, Publisher: Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0571207782 Pages: 184, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Faber and Faber - Books/S ...	£ 5.49	Postage & Packaging: refer to shop website Availability: refer to shop website
Format: paperback (A format), Publisher: Faber and Faber, ISBN: 0 Pages: 292, Edition: New Ed, Paperback, Faber and Faber - Books/S ...	£ 5.49	Postage & Packaging: refer to shop website Availability: refer to shop website
Format: Paperback, ISBN: 9780330335010 Pages: 448, Edition: New Ed, Hardcover, Picador - Books/Subjects/ ...	£ 6.39	Postage & Packaging: refer to shop website Availability: refer to shop website

Read Reviews for Dark Spectre - Michael Dibdin

Dark Spectre - Michael Dibdin: Cults and serial killings (854 words)
by sunmeilan - written on 26/04/06 (Very useful, 69 readings)
Rating:

Introduction Michael Dibdin is most famous for his books featuring the detective Aurelio Zen. However, he has also written a number of other books, including this one. Whatever else Michael Dibdin is, he is certainly a versatile writer; the Aurelio Zen books are about policing in Italy, this book is about a religious cult in the US and the other book I have read by Michael Dibdin, 'A Rich Full Death' is set in Florence in the last century during a spate of serial killings. He has also written a book entitled 'The Last Sherlock Holmes Story', his first book, published in the 1970s. Surprisingly, Michael Dibdin is actually English - he was born in Wolverhampton. After ...

Read review