Frank Fons is a very successful crime writer. His books are famed for their shock factor and now someone has recreated a murder scene straight from one of his novels. Frank needs to become detective and try to work out who is committing the crime before it's too late.
This is a really well written novel which is not for the faint hearted, It's a fast paced story which is full of details of each of Frank's novels through his career. Frank's personal life is also explored in the book and the flashbacks of his family life is interspersed with details of his book publications. This is a very graphic and brutal story with some of the violent scenes proving a little bit too much for me. I have to admit that although the ending itself was well written, I could only skim read it through my fingers as it really was gruesome.
Was the gore necessary? Yes it probably was (if you can cope with it!!), as it was the climax to a nailbiting book which kept the reader guessing to the end - and beyond.
I loved the book, even through the skim reading and therefore give it 4.5 out of five.
I look forward to reading more of this author in the future.
I'm a member of the Transworld Book Group and was sent this book to review by Transworld
Sounds very different from his previous book, Library of Shadows, which started well but in my view plummeted because it was all about magic and stuff. Did Tiina Nunnally translate this one, too, or someone else?
ReplyDeleteIt was translated by Charlotte Barslund who seemed to do a really good job. I would certainly read another of his, but would hope that the amount of gore was reduced in his other novels. Thanks for reading my review :0)
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