Simon Wood
Autor(a) de The One That Got Away
About the Author
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Séries
Obras por Simon Wood
Curtains 9 exemplares
The Sunseeker 2 exemplares
American Horror 2 exemplares
Making Ends Meet 2 exemplares
The 99% 1 exemplar
Half Inched (Aidy Westlake Mysteries) 1 exemplar
The Hooker: A Reprehensible Acts Story 1 exemplar
Warning signs 1 exemplar
Crestfallen - Crestfallen's Getaway 1 exemplar
Parental Guidance 1 exemplar
Bus People 1 exemplar
The Cyclist 1 exemplar
A Measure of Time 1 exemplar
The Taskmasters (short story) 1 exemplar
Road Rash 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Piercing the Darkness: A Charity Horror Anthology for the Children's Literacy Initiative (2014) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Thriller Thirteen: 13 Bestselling Thriller Novellas Packed With Mystery, Action, & Adventure! (2016) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Wood, Simon
- Outros nomes
- Oaks, Simon
Janus, Simon - Data de nascimento
- 1968-04-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Taplow, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- California, USA
Membros
Críticas
Paying The Piper (Fleetwood and Sheils Book 1) por Simon Wood
At first sight this is straightforward kidnap story but the plot is anything but, leading the reader down blind alleys. Scott Fleetwood is a journalist in San Francisco who was taken in by someone posing as serial kidnapper, the Piper which resulted in the death of the kidnapped child. Years later the Piper resurfaces and kidnaps Scott's son. Interesting characters and detailed San Francisco locations add to the plot.
Interesting read. Didn't learn anything, but the book isn't nearly as bad as the other reviews make believe.
Yes, this book is based on traditional roles, but tbh, that is just as much a valid choice as any of the other alternatives.
Yes, this book is based on traditional roles, but tbh, that is just as much a valid choice as any of the other alternatives.
I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/13410063
I bought this as an escape while driving a long distance. It fulfilled my need.
That doesn't mean I loved it or even particularly liked it. Just that it was good enough to keep listening and that I didn't swear at it too often.
This is a "thriller" or maybe "suspense". We know who the main characters are early on, including the identity of the killer. We know that eventually the killer and protagonist will meet up and there will be a dramatic ending. It may be that our knowing this is good. We don't want too much to be unknown.
Zoe and Holli, good friends, let off some steam in Vegas. On the drive home they are abducted and Zoe finds herself watching in horror as her friend is beaten, hung from the ceiling of a remote shack. She escapes, knowing she does not have the ability to save her friend. Over a year later she is still haunted by what she can remember, which is unfortunately not very much. She had been drugged and there are large holes in her memory.
During that 15 months Zoe, driven by guilt, vowed that nothing like this would ever happen again. She advanced quickly in self-defense classes. She took a job as security guard in a mall and was gratified by quick results. But then she sees a news item on television. Another woman has been beaten in the same way as Holli had, and was left dead right there in San Francisco. Wherever the abductor had been before, he was now in her town.
Drawing on her anger rather than her common sense, Zoe plunges into the case. She makes rash decisions and attacks people with little provocation. I found her actions irritating. I understand that a person who escaped from a horrifying abduction might well feel a lot of anger, but does she have to leave all sense behind?
The story proceeds pretty much as you might expect, which has to be satisfying to thriller-seekers. I didn't love the narrator, with her wavery voice and tendency to make one-syllable words into two. But she was competent and probably appropriate for the material.… (mais)
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/13410063
I bought this as an escape while driving a long distance. It fulfilled my need.
That doesn't mean I loved it or even particularly liked it. Just that it was good enough to keep listening and that I didn't swear at it too often.
This is a "thriller" or maybe "suspense". We know who the main characters are early on, including the identity of the killer. We know that eventually the killer and protagonist will meet up and there will be a dramatic ending. It may be that our knowing this is good. We don't want too much to be unknown.
Zoe and Holli, good friends, let off some steam in Vegas. On the drive home they are abducted and Zoe finds herself watching in horror as her friend is beaten, hung from the ceiling of a remote shack. She escapes, knowing she does not have the ability to save her friend. Over a year later she is still haunted by what she can remember, which is unfortunately not very much. She had been drugged and there are large holes in her memory.
During that 15 months Zoe, driven by guilt, vowed that nothing like this would ever happen again. She advanced quickly in self-defense classes. She took a job as security guard in a mall and was gratified by quick results. But then she sees a news item on television. Another woman has been beaten in the same way as Holli had, and was left dead right there in San Francisco. Wherever the abductor had been before, he was now in her town.
Drawing on her anger rather than her common sense, Zoe plunges into the case. She makes rash decisions and attacks people with little provocation. I found her actions irritating. I understand that a person who escaped from a horrifying abduction might well feel a lot of anger, but does she have to leave all sense behind?
The story proceeds pretty much as you might expect, which has to be satisfying to thriller-seekers. I didn't love the narrator, with her wavery voice and tendency to make one-syllable words into two. But she was competent and probably appropriate for the material.… (mais)
Dovrebbe essere un thriller ma fino a due terzi del libro è veramente noioso, l'ultimo terzo si movimenta un po' ma rimane nel complesso scarso. I personaggi non coinvolgono e la storia non è nulla di speciale.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 47
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 769
- Popularidade
- #33,095
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 42
- ISBN
- 101
- Línguas
- 3