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Bezig met laden... Silver: Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month (origineel 2019; editie 2020)door Chris Hammer (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkSilver door Chris Hammer (2019)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was well and descriptively written - I made constant use of the map at the beginning. However, I thought the pacing was a bit off: the beginning grabbed you, but then things dragged in the middle before the last few chapters wrapped up multiple (Jasper's murder, the poisonings, what exactly happened to Martin's family, Vern's side business etc etc) and complex plot lines, sometimes by introducing previously unknown information. It was a bit more complicated than it needed to be in my opinion, and this detracted from the sense of satisfaction in getting to the bottom of things. I didn't ever really understand why in any normal world Jasper would have felt the need to produce the postcard found in his hand. Another good Australian crime novel, although this one didn’t grip me as much as Hammer’s previous book Scrublands did. Yet again, the author does a great job of evoking a sense of place - in this instance, the coastal town of Port Silver. I did find the plot a little convoluted towards the end but this is still a book I’d recommend.
Like Hammer’s previous novel, there is the continued descriptive prose which brings the setting and surrounds to life, in vivid visual detail – an aspect that garnered the highest praise for the novel. The better part of Silver however, was the more intimate and personal details of Martin’s life in Port Silver. Unlike Scrublands, which I found to be a tale about a place and its people; Silverhas a deeper personalised story, revealing greater detail of what makes Martin Scarsden the hard-nosed journalist we met in Riverside. Silver can also be easily read without having experienced Scrublands, with only cursory references to the previous novel, which will in no way dampen a post-Silver reading. It will be interesting to see when and where and, indeed if, Hammer will return with a third Martin Scarsden novel, possibly harking back to Martin’s time in the Middle East? Whatever may come next, take the time to enjoy these “Aussie noir” novels. Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Martin Scarsden (2) Prijzen
For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping. He'd vowed never to return to his hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic memories. But now his new partner, Mandy Blonde, has inherited an old house in the seaside town and Martin knows their chance of a new life together won't come again. Martin arrives to find his best friend from school days brutally murdered, and Mandy the chief suspect. With the police curiously reluctant to pursue other suspects, Martin goes searching for the killer. And finds the past waiting for him. He's making little progress when a terrible new crime starts to reveal the truth. The media descend on Port Silver, attracted by a story that has it all: sex, drugs, celebrity and religion. Once again, Martin finds himself in the front line of reporting. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It stretched credibility, as there is so much conniving going on in one small coastal town, in Australia. Murder both current and historic, sex in exchange for visa fraud, drug peddling with police turning a blind eye, illegal fishing and nevermind the property development of conservation/native owned land. A bit hard to accept that one investigative journalist was again ahead of the police in solving all the crimes.
I did enjoy learning Martin's backstory which rounded him out as a character, for those who have read Scrublands. ( )