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Title: Darkness Falls by Margaret Murphy ISBN: 0-312-32851-6 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 June, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: exhilarating thriller
Comment: Nine year old Pippa Pascal persuades her ultra-busy mom Clara to take her to school today since it is her birthday. Though the barrister is working on a major case with early appointments, still Clara is conned into dropping her daughter off to the amusement of her spouse Hugo. However, at the school following the mandatory cautionary motherly pitch to stay safe, Clara turns towards her vehicle only to have a red ski masked male abduct her.
While Clara is chained to a wall in a clammy cellar with no food, water, or a toilet, the culprit remains silent behind his mask. Clara ponders who and why, but comes up empty. Meanwhile Detective Inspector Steve Lawson investigates the kidnapping with two prime suspects in mind: the spouse and a mobster she is prosecuting. Though held prisoner with Bastille-like conditions, Clara refuses to break or beg. Instead she fascinates her host when with élan she psychological assaults him though that track fails to move the culprit. As time moves on, Clara's chance of survival geometrically diminishes.
DARKNESS FALLS is an exhilarating thriller due to the prime two characters. Clara will fascinate readers as she has her "host" with her courage. The abductee is also intriguing as ironically the audience learns his plans for his victim before he applies them to Clara. This enables the audience to feel for the barrister yet also sees what went right and what failed. Though a final turn of the screw seems too easy, fans will value this dark psychological thriller that does not let go until the final ante is raised.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 5
Summary: Abduction, rape and murder
Comment: This is the first Margaret Murphy book that I've read but it certainly won't be the last.
Defence barrister, Clara Pascal, is kidnapped and held captive in a dark, cold cellar for 6 days, expecting that every next minute would be her last. Can't go into detail as it would give away the plot but suffice to say that there is suspense, tension and the expectation of iminent violence. M/s Murphy describes her scenes in the police Special Operation room in as much detail as if she were writing a script for a tv cop show which is a very effective way of writing in this genre. I gave it 5 stars (unusual for me) for good plotting, tight writing and her ability to hold the readers attention to the end without missing a beat.
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Title: The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316155306 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The 37th Hour by JODI COMPTON ISBN: 0385337132 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0375411089 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 13 July, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Playing with Fire : A Novel of Suspense (ROBINSON, PETER) by Peter Robinson ISBN: 006019877X Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: A Question of Blood: An Inspector Rebus Novel by Ian Rankin ISBN: 0316095648 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: February, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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