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Die A Little - Megan Abbott

Description: ISBN 1847393462 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Megan Abbott / Paperback / 256 Pages / Book is published 2008-08-04 by Pocket Books

Newest Review: ... worries that if anyone but her uncovers Alice's past, it may damage her brother's reputation in the D. A.'s office and ruin ... more

... his career, if not his whole life. But on the way, she encounters some quite unsavoury characters and situations and it may be her own life that is affected by her investigations. I loved the way Abbott drew me into the story by making the whole thing seem so plausible. Whilst the setting was always 1950s Hollywood, this ensuring that I was always aware this was a novel, the way the characters acted always seemed completely real. You wouldn't expect a school teacher to suddenly become a convincing private eye and to...more

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Die A Little - Megan Abbott: Like a Lot-tle (953 words)
by - written on 01/11/08 (Very useful, 88 readings)
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I've always loved the works of Raymond Chandler. Philip Marlowe was never really the kind of character you'd think of if you were after a hero, but he always got the job done and I admired his effortless cool. I clearly wasn't the only one, as major writers such as Stephen King and Dean Koontz have attempted to imitate his style. Now we have Megan Abbott, who is attempting to do the same; rather bravely for a debut novel. However, it appears that she is also a devotee of the works of Chandler and Dashiell Hammett and has learned much from them. Bill and Lora King are a pretty ordinary pair; he an investigator for the District Attorney and she a ... Read the complete review