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Title: Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0-553-58176-7 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (32 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: First effot by a stand out author
Comment: Deavers wrote this book under the name of William Jefferies. He also wrote another series under this name featuring a film scout. This character is a young punkish girl named Rune who is trying to get through her 20's and survive NYC. She is currently working at a video store and when a regular dies under suspicious
circumstances she becomes interested in the movie he rented numerous times. She becomes obsessed with plot of the movie as it is based loosely on a true crime. She thinks she can solve the case find the money and live happily ever after. This plot is hard to follow at times and sometimes I don't think the author is aware of what he wants the characters to do. I have read his later books and know he can write a good thriller. Too bad this book falls flat, I believe his publisher re-released to capitalize on his famous status. I will read more of the scout series and might try the next one in this series just because Rune is such a likable character.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not bad,the book had a nice atmosphere.
Comment: This plot is rather simple, but kept my interest.Deaver has produced better works.The greatest thing (to me) in the story line was the beautiful city setting,which sets the scence for crime and mystery.
I found the main character (Rune) to be most annoying and unsuitable as a mystery solver. I thought Rune was a bit unrealistic as a character.Apart from that,it is not a bad read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not at all bad
Comment: this being an early Deaver, it is natural to suspect taht it wouldnt be as good as some of his later ones. In general, its right. THis is not as good as some later books, but its still pretty good.
The plot is nicely simple. Not too much complicated stuff to get your head round. The characters are good, and he leaves space for them to be further dweveloped. Presumably, this will come in the next two books (as it would in any good series).
Rune is a nice lead character, nicely contemporary. Some people've said she's annoying, but personally, i didn't think so. On the surface she comes across as naive, but gradually you see that she isnt as so as you first thought. she might have got her head in the clouds, but her feet are still firmly on the ground...
as always with a deaver novel, there are twists a-plenty. and ill admit, here they werent quite as complex as some of his later novels twists, but they are just as viable. and still i didnt guess them. (I gave up trying long ago!)
The writing is good, the plot is good, the characters are good. What more could you want?
As, presumably, this was his first novel, it's a very worthy effort. I look forward to the next Rune novels.
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Title: Death of a Blue Movie Star by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 055358295X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Hard News by Jeff Deaver, Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0553583298 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Mistress of Justice by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0553584456 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Bloody River Blues by Jeffery Deaver ISBN: 0671047507 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 28 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Lesson of Her Death by Jeffery Wilds Deaver ISBN: 0553560204 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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