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Eye For An Eye (2008)

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ISBN
1906307539 (ISBN13: 9781906307530)
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English
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luath press

Eye For An Eye (2008) - Plot & Excerpts

I received this audio book from Audio Jukebox.Thanks Audio Jukebox. You rock!Eye for an Eye by T.Frank Muir.A Blackstone Audio production.Read by John Lee.Now this is my kind of cozy!But I have an odd sense of cozy.It has Scotland and all that comes with it..quaint shops, rain, frost on the grass, rivers and murder, most foul.It has wonderful characters, brought to full life by John Lee.No one can do doddery old ladies and crotchety old men like John Lee.He is one of my favorite readers. He brings me right into the room, right into the corner booth in a smoky bar. Fantastic.It has a good bad guy.Sick, twisted, disturbed but with a fairly decent reason for doing what he is doing. Did I mention sick and twisted??And another reason that I consider this to be my kind of cozy is that we always know who the killer is.All you have to do is snuggle in and watch how Andy Gilchrist catches him. (view spoiler)[ *ahem* (hide spoiler)]

This was a recent Kindle daily deal and is a first of a series of books involving a DI Gilchrist based in Scotland.From the off, it literally had my toes curling with the gory details of the murdered victims (enough to keep me piqued but not too much to put me off). A few twists that appeared unexpectedly that caught me off guard. By the end of the book, the various threads tied up neatly.Overall an earthy crime novel. A bit raw in places but I think it gave depth to the overall story. Hoping the second in series I've just started (Hand for a Hand), is as good.

What do You think about Eye For An Eye (2008)?

Does the first in the series always have to be serial killer book? Thankfully it wasn't a killer of women for a change. Add to the mix the creepy POV of the killer as we get a view into the whys of it all. Then add the aggravation of an excellent police officer who for reasons not made clear is frowned upon by his boss and is always under the threat of dismissal. If you can get past all that the story and the characters are wprth reading about. I have the next in the series so I hope my initial complaints will be only a memory.
—Elizabeth

A stunning debut. I like a good police procedural crime story based in the UK, and that is exactly what this is, but so much more. An interesting lead character, with a good supporting cast of cops, villains, low-lifes, arrogant bosses and nice old ladies. St Andrews comes across as a character in its own right, I could really visualise each location, each nicely kept house and each revolting bed-sit! There is not too much stress on the procedure but lots of character-driven plot. I look forward to reading the next two in the series.
—Vivienne Smith

listened to as an audio book, I mainly choose this after listening to the sample as it reminded me of James nesbitt's voice. David Monteath's narration was chillingly good.I picked the genre of book hoping for a Agatha crossed with Martina cole- but it was much more grim :/A good detective story with a trouble making detective goldcrest where the murderer wasn't revealed till 3/4 through. Plenty of twists & turns, with colourful characters.Not a light read. hard hitting.I didn't dislike the book but feel u need to be in a certain mindset to enjoy this type of novel.
—Wendy

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