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 Turnstone - Graham Hurley
 Turnstone - Graham Hurley ... rate. And it is home for DI Joe Faraday. Now Emma Maloney's dad has gone missing. Faraday thinks he may have been murdered. But these days, a hunch is not enough. Faraday's squad of detectives are battling with an ever-growing caseload of a city torn by violence, poverty, drug-dealing and petty crime. Who can spare the time and resources for an investigation unsupported by hard evidence? Joe Faraday is struggling with his own demons, and finding Stuart Maloney, dead or alive, develops into a battle not simply for justice, but for sanity.Newest Review: ... are real crimes to fight? Or does Faraday still have the cop instincts that tell him when something fishy is going on? I ... more ... had initial high hopes for this novel as it seemed that the setting and characters were quite refreshing. As the offspring of a Southampton fan I know that Portsmouth, the location for this book, is a pretty rough town. The majority of fiction I read is set in America so I thought it would be interesting to get a UK perspective on crime; instead I discovered the reason why it’s dull. The character of Faraday and his surroundings were also very interesting. The book opens with his 22 year old deaf son having just...more |
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Turnstone - Graham Hurley: You'll Turn to Stone due to Boredom (872 words)
by - written on 08/06/07 (Very useful, 84 readings)
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In my job I get plenty of junk mail from companies trying to flog us stuff. One day I received an envelope that contained the mock up of the front cover of a book. The book in question was a non-fiction title that promised to help you write your own crime novels by going through certain steps including creating the characters and layering the plot with clues. If ever there was a genre that did not need more cookie cutter books it is the crime genre. Now due to this book we may be inundated with even more poor, middle of the road and samey mystery books. I wonder if Graham Hurley bought this non fiction title before putting pen to paper on ‘Turnstone’? Joe ... Read the complete review
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