The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne Reviews

The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne: The Tzadikim Nistarim (728 words)
by - written on 22/10/09 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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This was the first of Sam Bourne's books, but the last one I read, I always seem to read them the wrong way round. Although with this book it was the right way round, because if I'd read this book before any of the other Sam Bourne books I wouldn't have bothered picking them up, and they were really good reads. == Synopsis == ...  Read the complete review

Yom Kipp-er ! z z z z ! (470 words)
by - written on 23/07/09 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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Another wannabee Da Vinci Code which misses the target by a long way I'm afraid.... This book was lying on my desk at work, a colleague picked it up and said "Ah. Dan Brown's written another book at last". An easy mistake to make, with the identical title font and background religious symbols. Even the author's name, Sam ...  Read the complete review

The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne: A Righteous Load of Nonsense (746 words)
by - written on 25/03/09 (Very useful, 130 readings)
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This wouldn't be my 'normal' choice of reading material and I always judge a book by it's cover, and this looked like a regular crime novel. Unfortunately it does not do it for me. I really like historical fiction (The Book Of Air & Shadows I reviewed recently is a prime example) and with a twist of modern life - is brilliant. The ...  Read the complete review

The Righteous Bore (754 words)
by - written on 20/08/07 (Very useful, 166 readings)
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When a New York Times reporter’s wife is kidnapped his first instinct should be to phone the Police and get some professional help. For Will Monroe however, that is not an option as the people holding his wife have warned him if he does inform the police she will die. As Will tries to solve a series of riddles to find her he stumbles upon a much ...  Read the complete review

The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne: Recommended page turner (127 words)
by Righteous reviewer - written on 13/11/06
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I've just finished reading this book and have enjoyed it immensely. I won't add a synopsis here, others who enjoyed the book less than I did have already done that. All of the loose ends are tied up in the last few chapters, as they should be. It is almost written in 'real time' so the characters barely get any sleep ! The author is in the right ...  Read the complete review

Not the new Dan Brown ! (128 words)
by - written on 20/09/06 (Somewhat useful, 68 readings)
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Before I decided to read this book Sam Bourne had been compared to Dan Brown and as a major fan of the Da Vinci Code I decided to read this book. To be frank there is no comparison between Dan Brown and Sam bourne, I found this book hard to get into and hard to keep up with. It is not an easy read and the characters are unbelievable and shallow. ...  Read the complete review

The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne: A "Jewish Da Vinci Code" it 'aint (459 words)
by - written on 11/08/06 (Useful, 407 readings)
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Sam Bourne is a pseudonym for Jonathan Freedland, a journalist and broadcaster. He has a weekly column in the Guardian, as well as a monthly column in The Jewish Chronicle. He has published a couple of non-fiction books, but "The Righteous Men" is his first novel. It is one of Richard and Judy's Summer Reads. Ever since ...  Read the complete review