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Title: All the Dead Were Strangers by Ethan Black ISBN: 0-7434-7104-0 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Evolution
Comment: In the third entry in the Conrad Voort Detective series the pseudonomous Ethan Black has evolved as an author similiarly to the evolution of his detective hero. In this novel Conrad Voort last seen in The Broken Hearts Club and Irresistable, meets his childhood friend in a bar and recieves a list of names on a napkin. Bang like a shot the plot takes off with the speed of an assasin's bullet. Voort soon discover's that four of six names on the mysterious list have passed away in accident's, and after meeting a fifth name Dr. Jill Towne, he vows she won't be amongst the victims.
The author's writing has evolved (I repeat)as he more fully flushes out his protaganist's character. Voort breaks up with one love interest in previous novels over the issue of abortion. Cynic's will say the pairing of Jill and Conrad was predictable and Camilla was discarded conviently to make room for his character's new female interest. However, I debate that his struggles with relationships (without giving away whole story there is side issues with Jill too.) is what makes his hero so identifiable and human to the reader. Particularly in this novel his villians are never merely evil two dimensional bad guys, rather again vividly drawn character, all too human and real.
Ethan Black has also expanded the scope of his plotting in this recent entry, he imagines new challenges and cases for Voort to work on that takes him outside of standard Sex Crimes modus Operanti. This isn't thickest book on the market, yet the buyer definitely gets their money worth as each page is densely packed with characterization, plot and sub-plot. HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best one yet
Comment: This is the best one yet in the Ethan Black detective series. I read it in one sitting start to finish. Ethan Black is by far one of the best writers of our time. He draws you in and never lets you go. I can't wait for the next offering by this very talented writer.
Rating: 4
Summary: THRILLS, CHILLS...BUT...
Comment: ALL THE DEAD WERE STRANGERS, the third in the Conrad Voort series, is an exceptionally well-written thriller, with an ingenuous plot and one of the strongest lead detectives in current fiction. Conrad Voort, believe it or not, is a moral man, who goes to church and prays asking God for help not only in his personal life, but also in his cases. And with this case, he finds himself looking for people on a list who may or may not be murdered, although their deaths have been made to look "accidental." His friend, Meechum, embroils him in this plot, and when Meecham disappears, Conrad and his reliable partner/friend, Mickie, try to stop an unbelievable terrorist type of plot.
Along the way, the hormone-driven Conrad falls hard for Dr. Jill Towne, one of the people on the list. Conrad's past relationship with Camilla (who lied about aborting their child)surfaces, and the book ends on a "what if.." type scenario.
The first third of the book is engrossing, although it tends to sag a little in some parts, becoming a little too talky, but it entertains. The ending seems somehow rushed and far-fetched, but you can't help but root for our hero, and hope the nasty villain gets his just desserts.
A top notch thriller, highly recommended.
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Title: The Broken Hearts Club by Ethan Black ISBN: 0345426037 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Irresistible by Ethan Black ISBN: B00008S7UU Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 1900 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Dead for Life : A Novel by Ethan Black ISBN: 0743244001 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 02 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Naked Prey by John Sandford ISBN: 0399150439 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 12 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0399150854 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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