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Title: Veritas by William Lashner, Ken Howard ISBN: 0-694-51789-5 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: An original sequel
Comment: First things first-"Veritas" is different from "Hostile Witness",i.e. it's NOT a courtroom drama. Say what you want,but this is a brave move for the author(can you remember another series with novels belonging to different sub-genres?)."Veritas" is Victor Carl playing Philp Marlowe.It's a really good novel with lots of interesting characters(including Beth,who is back working with Victor).The only drawback is that Victors mind isn't as sharp as Marlowes,so it sometimes takes him forever to come to raver obvious conclusions.I liked "Hostile Witness" better,but this one is still good.I admire Lashner for writing noir novel instead of another courtroom drama,but,to be honest, I hope the next one will be the latter.
Rating: 5
Summary: Suspenseful, enjoyable novel...
Comment: I "read" this novel as an unabridged audiobook and without having read "Hostile Witness", but I thoroughly enjoyed the twists and turns of the plot. Lashner did a great job of making Victor Carl a believable character, who is alternately annoying and appealing. I'm now returning for more of Lashner's writing in Hostile Witness...
Rating: 4
Summary: Four and a half really, but doesn't quite get five
Comment: The writing in Veritas (which apparently is called Bitter Truth now) is just as good as in Hostile Witness. The plot had great possiblilties, and was often more interesting than Hostile's plot, but it didn't quite pay off the way I had hoped. Apparently Veritas is a shortened--though still 440 long pages--version of Bitter Truth, and Bitter Truth might take its time in the ending better and be richer, I don't know. At this point, I would say that Lashner's best plot was Fatal Flaw (though not executed very well in the beginning), his best writing was Hostile Witness--when you consider the meaning of the words and the whole book, and Veritas kind of gets stuck in the middle. Almost the whole time I was reading it I thought I would call it his best book, but it didn't resolve itself quite to my satisfaction, and I don't. Bottom line: I don't think Lashner has written his best book yet--even though Hostile will define him due to the introduction of Carl. Two things are for sure, I'll keep reading Lashner's books, and there isn't anybody like him.
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Title: Fatal Flaw by William Lashner ISBN: 0060508167 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Past Due by William Lashner ISBN: 0060508175 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Open and Shut by David Rosenfelt ISBN: 0446612537 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: First Degree by David Rosenfelt ISBN: 0892967544 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316155306 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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