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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
I'm hooked on this series. Max Wolfe is the flawed London investigator who suffers frequent batterings as he tries to untangle the slaughter of an upper-class family only to discover the expected dark secrets. A page turner.
Addictive and fast paced, stretching the bounds of reality a bit in terms of storyline but a great listen nevertheless.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Comments broadly on topics of fatherhood, discrimination, the justice system and the nature of criminality alongside its graphically violent mystery plot
A good 3*. But I think this is the end of the Max Wolfe road for me. It was similar enough to the first one that it looks like I've seen it now.
Review: The Slaughter Man by Tony Parsons Published by: Random House UK Cornerstone (21st May 2015)
ISBN: 9781448185733
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 4*
Synopsis:
On New Year's Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in North London, their youngest child stolen away.
The murder weapon - a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered - leads Detective Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man.
But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the game?
And was the murder of a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer - or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man?
All Max knows is that he needs to find the missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family - or finds his way to his own front door...
Review:
In The Slaughter Man, Tony Parsons has written a great follow-up to last year's The Murder Bag. There is plenty of action, a gripping storyline and intriguing characters.
This book held my interest throughout and kept me guessing. Max Wolfe is an interesting Detective to read and I'm sure my fellow crime addicts will enjoy this as much as I have.
ISBN: 9781448185733
Source: NetGalley
Rating: 4*
Synopsis:
On New Year's Day, a wealthy family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community in North London, their youngest child stolen away.
The murder weapon - a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered - leads Detective Max Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer who thirty years ago was known as the Slaughter Man.
But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and is now old and dying. Can he really be back in the game?
And was the murder of a happy family a mindless killing spree, a grotesque homage by a copycat killer - or a contract hit designed to frame a dying man?
All Max knows is that he needs to find the missing child and stop the killer before he destroys another innocent family - or finds his way to his own front door...
Review:
In The Slaughter Man, Tony Parsons has written a great follow-up to last year's The Murder Bag. There is plenty of action, a gripping storyline and intriguing characters.
This book held my interest throughout and kept me guessing. Max Wolfe is an interesting Detective to read and I'm sure my fellow crime addicts will enjoy this as much as I have.
3.5 stars
While I enjoyed reading this book, I did have some issues with it. To me the whole book felt very rushed, it seemed like the author had to meet a deadline and was fearing to miss it. Everything happened so fast, there was no real development of the story and most of the characters were too flat. The book is o.k. for a fast read but the first one in the series was much better.
While I enjoyed reading this book, I did have some issues with it. To me the whole book felt very rushed, it seemed like the author had to meet a deadline and was fearing to miss it. Everything happened so fast, there was no real development of the story and most of the characters were too flat. The book is o.k. for a fast read but the first one in the series was much better.
I’ve got a big list of authors I want to try and Tony Parsons is one of them and this book didn’t disappoint. After reading a few other books that have been quite disappointing it was great to get back to a good old fashion police murder mystery and I finished this in one day.
I was actually surprised that Max is a DC. I imagined with the story being around him and the events he is involved in that he would be higher up the hierarchy of the police force. This being the first introduction for me of this detective I didn’t know his background and found it interesting to read about him being a single father and how he copes with work and childcare. I spent several years as single mum and I thought this was done really well and quite realistic.
The story itself is quite brutal, it pulls no punches with abducted children, paedophile parties, riots, police being injured, killed and maimed for life. It’s definitely not Midsummer Murders! However I liked again the realism and grittiness of the story.
It’s fast paced even though it takes place over 3 months. The action rarely stops to give the reader breathing space. It’s just an altogether enjoyable read. I can’t wait to go back and read the rest of the series.
I was actually surprised that Max is a DC. I imagined with the story being around him and the events he is involved in that he would be higher up the hierarchy of the police force. This being the first introduction for me of this detective I didn’t know his background and found it interesting to read about him being a single father and how he copes with work and childcare. I spent several years as single mum and I thought this was done really well and quite realistic.
The story itself is quite brutal, it pulls no punches with abducted children, paedophile parties, riots, police being injured, killed and maimed for life. It’s definitely not Midsummer Murders! However I liked again the realism and grittiness of the story.
It’s fast paced even though it takes place over 3 months. The action rarely stops to give the reader breathing space. It’s just an altogether enjoyable read. I can’t wait to go back and read the rest of the series.