Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Hundredth Man by Jack Kerley .
This thriller was published in paperback in 2005. I picked a copy up cheap, very cheap in Asda. Asda are good at selling paperbacks at bargain prices and this novel was an International Best Seller.
The book concerns one Policeman called Carson Ryder who works in Mobile, Alabama. This is a regular crime thriller which is well told. It is easy reading with a good plot that has many twists. The story reveals that many ordinary people can have a darker side and you later learn that one regular person is actually a psychopath.
The main characters are quite buddy-buddy, they are all warm characters who are involving. At the end of this book you feel that is was simply made-for-TV. People who enjoy a regular television Police drama should enjoy this book. This book is good but it is not memorable. What I can praise is the way Jack dealt with alcoholism and psychopathic disorders. Those two issues were well researched and woven into this thriller to add realism. However, regular television Police drama also has a lot of street reality thrown into every episode.
This thriller was published in paperback in 2005. I picked a copy up cheap, very cheap in Asda. Asda are good at selling paperbacks at bargain prices and this novel was an International Best Seller.
The book concerns one Policeman called Carson Ryder who works in Mobile, Alabama. This is a regular crime thriller which is well told. It is easy reading with a good plot that has many twists. The story reveals that many ordinary people can have a darker side and you later learn that one regular person is actually a psychopath.
The main characters are quite buddy-buddy, they are all warm characters who are involving. At the end of this book you feel that is was simply made-for-TV. People who enjoy a regular television Police drama should enjoy this book. This book is good but it is not memorable. What I can praise is the way Jack dealt with alcoholism and psychopathic disorders. Those two issues were well researched and woven into this thriller to add realism. However, regular television Police drama also has a lot of street reality thrown into every episode.
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