Twisted: Collected Stories of Jeffery Deaver - Jeffery Deaver

Twisted is a book that contains a collection of short stories from the popular thriller writer Jeffery Deaver. I got it as part of a special Jeffrey Deaver pack from the Book People on offer, but it's also available seperately from most popular book shops - including from Amazon for £5.99. When I first dived into this new read I didn't realise that I was reading a collection of short stories. I hadn't stopped to read the blurb before getting started! I was expecting a novel, but was pleasantly surprised by just how enjoyable I found reading a collection of shorts like this. It's made a really nice change to finish a complete story in one sitting at a time. ...  Read the complete review

Short stories; hmmm, I'm really not sure where I stand on the thorny issue of short stories. They seem to be largely hit and miss in my mind, with a great many more misses than hits if truth be told. Don't get me wrong, when done well the short story is like no other written work in the world; the skill of engaging and drawing in the reader while building the story and the characters therein and moving the narrative to a satisfactory climax within thirty or so pages is nothing short of wordsmith wizardry, done well it offers an insight into an Authors thought process and skill, done badly and it leaves the reader deflated and feeling a little cheated. So it was that I ...  Read the complete review

Although Jeffery Deaver is probably best known for his Lincoln Rhyme series, he is also a prolific writer of short stories. Twisted is a collection of those stories, the common theme to them all being (as the title of the anthology suggests) that they each feature a surprising twist at the end. The delightful thing about Twisted is that all the stories are indeed very short - typically about 20-30 pages long. This gives the book a nice light feel to it. All of the stories are interesting, if instantly disposable, and, although none of them are likely to linger long in the mind, they provide a very entertaining diversion whilst you're reading them. Freed from ...  Read the complete review