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Title: Time Release by Martin J. Smith ISBN: 0-515-12028-6 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Read
Comment: The title of Time Release gives a clue to its story. First, it concerns a killer who used pain relief capsules, as well as other techniques, to set off a series of poisonings. Second, it focuses on repressed memories and if, when and how they will come out. The author does a credible job with both themes, though I would have liked to have seen a little more interaction between Sonny and Christiansen in earlier therapy sessions, which would have provided a few more clues to the behavior of Sonny's family. Without this explanation, the climax came a little bit out of left field for me. The detective's confession to Christiansen came suddenly too, without much reason. These quibbles aside, the book was entertaining, with the major characters nicely drawn.
Rating: 5
Summary: The suspense is excruciating.
Comment: I stole moments wherever I could find them to finish reading this book. The characters are well drawn, imperfect (like life is imperfect), but you also get involved with them, and want to know what happens to them. I could heap more praise on this book like everybody else has and repeat the same old words to describe it, but suffice to say that this is an excellent thriller. One that will hold your interest to the end. I've already bought his second book because I have to see what else this man can do with words.
Rating: 5
Summary: An unorthodox mystery, set in an unusual locale.
Comment: If you like the TV series "Homicide," you'll want to read this book. The complex, unorthodox plot is told from the perspectives of three men--a washed-up cop, a troubled pyschologist, and the stoic son of a serial-murder suspect--each of whom harbors his own terrible secret. The three are locked in a desperate psychological tug of war, and only two of them will survive it. The characters are unglamorous, at times awkwardly imperfect, and utterly believable. Perhaps the best thing about "Time Release" is the sense of place. In the author's hands, the hard-edged gloom of rustbelt Pittsburgh becomes an oddly beautiful setting, and an apt metaphor for the torturous inner landscape of the protagonists.
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Title: Straw Men by Martin J. Smith ISBN: 051512950X Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Burn by Sean Doolittle ISBN: 0972441220 Publisher: Uglytown Productions Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Tribeca Blues by Jim Fusilli ISBN: 0399150889 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 09 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Black Maps by Peter Spiegelman ISBN: 1400040752 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Hard as Nails: A Joe Kurtz Novel by Dan Simmons ISBN: 0312305281 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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