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Play Dead - Richard Montanari

Description: ISBN 0434016020 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Richard Montanari / Edition: UK edition of BADLANDS / Hardcover / 400 Pages / Book is ... more

Play Dead - Richard Montanari ... published 2008-08-14 by William Heinemann Ltd

Newest Review: ... father, both renowned police officers who just about everyone in Philadelphia knows. This, of course, means the author can ... more

... make all kinds of threads to help his characters along. Stuck on a clue? Just ask ANYONE who has some kind of connection with Jessica's family and they are falling over themselves to help the investigation along. It's just too trite and convenient to ring true, there are far too many coincidences in the story to really make me feel that Byrne and Balzano are top flight maverick detectives and this just makes the dialogue come across as even more silly. The identity of the killer is kept secret until quite late on...more

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Play Dead - Richard Montanari: Playing Dead with Ludo (988 words)
by - written on 10/04/09 (Very useful, 215 readings)
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I have read a couple of novels by Richard Montanari and enjoyed them so was happy to see a copy of his latest, Play Dead, in the library. The novel features detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano, they have been partners for some years now although Byrne is his usual enigmatic self and seems intent on keeping his partner at arms length. The storyline is very simple. While investigating a cold case Byrne and Balzano receive new information relating to the original crime, as is expected a serial killer is on the loose. He is targeting young runaways to star in his new fatal magic show, when the detectives put two and two together they realise he is going ... Read the complete review