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Description: ISBN 0006513794 / Author: Colin Bateman / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Dan Starkey is a journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife ... more
Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman ... Patricia, an appetite for drinking and dancing. Dan meets Margaret, and things begin to get out of hand - terrifyingly, she is murdered. Before long, Dan is a target himself, racing as fast as he can against time to crack the mystery. In Colin Bateman's first novel, Divorcing Jack, a witty Belfast newspaper columnist named Dan Starkey gets drunk, falls in lust, and finds himself helplessly mired in trouble with his wife and the law. Shortly after Starkey's wife catches him in the arms of another woman, that woman is murdered and Starkey becomes the prime suspect. It turns out that the deceased woman was related to an important political figure, and now thugs from several of Northern Ireland's factions are out to get Starkey. The columnist decides he must track down the killer in order to clear his own name. During the investigation, he uncovers a scandal that could potentially alter the outcome of the next national election--and destroy the country's hopes for peace.

Newest Review: ... position by his wife and his life begins to take a downward spiral which sees him fleeing from the police and a range of ... more

 ... criminals and terrorists from both sides of the political divide. The Characters The strength of this book is in the wonderfully descriptive characters that it contains and indeed most of the humour is generated by their dry Belfast wit. Starkey himself is a likeable character no matter how much he appears out of his depth there is a boyish innocence about him and he also seems to be able to come up with a quick one liner no matter how dangerous or desperate the situation. Some of the other characters from th...more

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Premium Review Divorcing Jack - Colin Bateman: Nuns with Guns (944 words)
by freediveheaven - written on 18/06/06 (Very useful, 149 readings)
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I have started going back though my old book collection and reading some of them for a final time before they have to head off to the charity shop in town as the number of books I have is beginning to take over my house and I need the space for new books. Divorcing Jack was one of those books that looked familiar from the cover but when I read the back cover no bells started ringing and at 282 pages it looked ideal for a couple of afternoons reading in the sun. The Plot Dan Starkey is a Belfast journalist and he fits very nicely into a familiar stereotype of being a hard drinking hack with a sarcastic tongue even though e has not yet ...

hugon
Premium Review She said Dvorak! (1663 words)
by hugon - written on 21/06/01 (Very useful, 78 readings)
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Divorcing Jack is the first book to introduce us to Dan Starkey, Belfast journalist and jack the lad, who has a rather dangerous habit of getting involved in sticky situations involving some of Northern Ireland’s less savoury paramilitaries. Recently I bought Shooting Sean, the latest book in the series, and enjoyed it so much that I had to go back to the start to find out what happened at the start. You might have seen the film – I haven’t, so I can’t comment on how similar or different this book is to the film. The book is more centred on Belfast and Northern Ireland than Shooting Sean, which took in Amsterdam and Cannes as well. Like I ...

 

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