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Title: Trick of Light by David Hunt ISBN: 0425170357 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.45
Rating: 5
Summary: Even better than "The Magician's Tale"!
Comment: I loved "The Magician's Tale." I read it this summer in paperback and couldn't put it down. So I was thrilled when I learned that David Hunt had written a second novel featuring colorblind photographer, Kay Farrow. In fact, "Trick Of Light" is if anything better than the first book...and that's saying something! This time Kay tracks the death of her mentor, world-famous photojournalist Maddy Yamada, who appeared briefly in the earlier novel. Here, after Kay unravels Maddy's past, her life is explicated in all its magnificent strangeness and mystery. And here again Hunt captures the essence of my hometown, San Francisco, like no other novelist before. In both books you can literally feel the fog, smell the streets, delight in the shimmering Pacific Coast light. And as before Kay Farrow's noir vision of the city (for she is totally colorblind) distills it down to a special essence. A terrific tale beautifully told by a highly gifted writer. Suspense, mystery, memorable characters, a stunning tour de force. I can't recommend this book enough!
Rating: 5
Summary: BRILLIANT
Comment: I think this is a briliant book, beautifully written, with a strong female protagonist who rings absolutely true to life. It is so superior to the standard run of mysteries that it's not funny! The story is compelling, the way it's developed is fascinating and the outcome is deliciously gratifying to the reader. Hunt has written in the voice of this character before in his terrific earlier book THE MAGICIAN'S TALE. Though the earlier book was permeated with a darker sexuality, this new Kay Farrow novel is perhaps more enticing. I found it almost Hitchcockian (if there is such a word!)and the San Francisco setting also reminded me of Hitchcock at his best (i.e. "VERTIGO"). A great read!
Rating: 4
Summary: Dark, but interesting.
Comment: David Hunt, pen name of "Janek" novels creator William Bayer, has given us another dark tale of San Francisco photographer Kay Farrow. Farrow is grief-stricken by the hit-and-run death of her friend and mentor, Maddy Yamada. But she also wants to know what her mostly-homebound friend was doing in one of San Francisco's seedier neighborhoods in the middle of the night. Thus begins her quest which leads to a tony Mendocino gun club and also leads her forty years into her mentor's past.
As with all of William Bayer's novels, the writing is tight and the characterization is rich. Kay is a strong but caring woman. She has the ability to be violent and the means (she is an-almost black-belt in Akido and during the novel she learns combat-shooting) but to Bayer's credit he never uses this to advance the story.
I liked the book and would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a thoughtful, well-written thriller. It is way above the usual cliche-ridden mystery stories that seem to abound today. And, miracle of miracles, it doesn't even have a serial killer.
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Title: The Magician's Tale by David Hunt ISBN: 0425164829 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Dream of the Broken Horses by William Bayer ISBN: 0743403355 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Punish Me With Kisses by William Bayer ISBN: 0671606972 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 1985 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Wallflower: A Janek Novel by William Bayer ISBN: 051510843X Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 1992 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Peregrine by William Bayer ISBN: 034530618X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 1988 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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