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Title: Gone, but Not Forgotten by Phillip Margolin ISBN: 0-553-56903-1 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (51 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: gripping procedural
Comment: This was my first book by Phillip Margolin as well as my first mystery in the lawyer-as-detective genre. I thought the story was immediately interesting. The author introduced a lot of characters quickly but usually did so in a nonconfusing way while still writing the kind of details that make a fictional character come to life. I felt I knew a lot about them within a few paragraphs. Everything was written in the third person, and the action jumped around a lot; that made things move fast and it was interesting to read the experiences of several lawyers and detectives, a killer, a private detective etc. Characters were complex but in general I liked the good peple and didn't like the bad ones, and I like that. The story also moved around in time and this was done well.
In the book, we learn that a serial killer had murdered in New York state ten years prior. The killer always left a black rose and a note -- "Gone, But Not Forgotten". (One disappointing aspect to the book is that this idiosyncracy is never explained.) A decade later, the same M.O. is being used in a series of crimes in Portland, Oregon. This story is about how the people in Portland are looking for the killer and how people from the earlier investigation become involved.
This was an intelligent read and enjoyable. I will definitely read other books by this author.
Rating: 3
Summary: Margolin writes a better ending than Grisham
Comment: This was the first book by Phillip Margolin that I have read. It was mostly a thriller, but some reviews hinted at a courtroom drama type thing.
It was defiantely a suspense/thriller. While the book was a very entertaining read, that moves along at a very quick pace, it is also very predictable.
Margolin throws in plot twists that, you, the reader, will find yourself suggesting before they happen. Still, this was a very exciting read. I unfortunately have this knack for plotting and development that ruins most mystery books and movies.
And for the ending, it was well drawn out and somewhat believable. I have read that Margolin should be compared to Grisham, but I don't think that is true. Grisham would have built up some suspense, and then ended the book on the last 2 pages. The endings have always been the worst thing about a Grisham novel. He always ends his books so abruptly, like running as fast as you can to the edge of the cliff, and then just falling.
Gone, But Not Forgotten is a fun book to read. If you like thrillers, or suspense books, then you should definatley read this.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book stayed with me awhile
Comment: You've probably already read a synopsis of the book, so I won't waste more of your time. This was the first book I'd read by him. I had never heard of Philip Margolin before I read the book, and now I can't understand why. This book was written so well, and I just couldn't put it down until I finished. It's not one of these books that drags on and seems to go nowhere until the last minute. This book catches your attention and keeps it. Later after I'd read it, I still found myself returning to the story and thinking about some of the characters.
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Title: The Last Innocent Man by Phillip Margolin ISBN: 0553569791 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: After Dark by Phillip Margolin ISBN: 0553569082 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Heartstone by Phillip Margolin ISBN: 0553569783 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Undertaker's Widow by Phillip Margolin ISBN: 0553580884 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 02 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Wild Justice by Phillip Margolin ISBN: 0061030635 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 31 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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