List Price: £7.99 Price: £3.49 You save: £4.50 (56%)
Media: Paperback Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Borderlands - Brian McGilloway Waiting for new releases from the regular crime writers that I read, I came across "Borderlands" and bought it on the strength of the reviews. I was not disappointed and will be reading the 2nd in the series before the 3rd is released in April! The plot moves along at a strong pace, with enough clues being teased out to ensure interest is maintained with surprises towards the end. I agree that at the end of the novel a number of twists and turns come tumbling out too quickly that damages the... more info
Great New Talent Borderlands will keep you on the edge of your seat.It makes you feel like your standing beside the crime sceen.Could not find anything wrond with it.A+1 all the way.
A bit disappointing, really I'm afraid I couldn't get into this book at all. Didn't like the main character [Devlin] or the story much. I've been to Donegal and love the area but [unlike a number of crime witers] I don't feel he captures any atmosphere. Sorry.
Tightly plotted thriller with heart of a poet Ben Devlin is a unique copper in the ranks of murder mystery writing; with a (mostly) happy family life and an easy familiarity with his small community which never borders on the arch, he still evidences the kind of common sense thinking and popular misconceptions about the modern world that make him instantly relatable and much more than just a device for the author's omniscience. He's incredibly likeable, but has enough of the poet about him that he remains compelling enough to follow, in this short... more info
