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Inherit the Dead
S.J. Rozan, John Connolly, Sarah Weinman, Stephen L. Carter, Dana Stabenow, Charlaine Harris, Marcia Clark, James Grady, Alafair Burke, Bryan Gruley, Lisa Unger, C.J. Box, Lawrence Block, Lee Child, Val McDermid, Ken Bruen, Max Allan Collins, Heather Graham, Mark Billingham, Jonathan Santlofer
3.16 AVERAGE
59 reviews for:
Inherit the Dead
S.J. Rozan, John Connolly, Sarah Weinman, Stephen L. Carter, Dana Stabenow, Charlaine Harris, Marcia Clark, James Grady, Alafair Burke, Bryan Gruley, Lisa Unger, C.J. Box, Lawrence Block, Lee Child, Val McDermid, Ken Bruen, Max Allan Collins, Heather Graham, Mark Billingham, Jonathan Santlofer
3.16 AVERAGE
The premise of this book was interesting - 20 mystery writers getting together to each writer a chapter of a whodunnit for a good cause. The writing was less interesting. This book took forever to get off the ground. Only my guilt at finishing books I count towards the annual reading challenge kept me going.
Book flowed really well, a testament to good editing and collaboration between the many authors. Story was a bit predictable.
It was a good effort but the plot was just too convoluted and the ending felt very random and rushed. Don't bother if you want to read something with any substance.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think it's amazing that 20 different authors can pull an entire story together like this and it be awesome! The fact that they each wrote a chapter and no chapter had anything that didn't make sense in it was amazing!! Great read!
Superbly accomplished. The premise is one story with many authors. It could have been a helluva train wreck, but in the hands of Jonathan Santlofer as editor the book flowed rather seamlessly. Many of the writers are favorite authors, only one or two that I really didn't dig and there were a few I'd not heard of before but have been added to the WWBL.
Rich woman hires down-at-heels private investigator to find her daughter before said daughter's inheritance birthday. Seems simple enough, but as all excellent mysteries are, not everything is as it seems.
Definite recommend.
Rich woman hires down-at-heels private investigator to find her daughter before said daughter's inheritance birthday. Seems simple enough, but as all excellent mysteries are, not everything is as it seems.
Definite recommend.
I'm not really a fan of the mystery genre, but I needed a cheap audio book to kill time on a long drive. The main character was interesting and I'd read other novels with him in it if they were written. There were a couple truck sized plot holes, and the resolution kind of came out of nowhere. That being said, it was well written by the various authors.
I was prepared to give this book a middling three-star grade. The shifts between the writers’ styles were far more noticeable than I was lead to believe, a lot of the book was spent shuffling back-and-forth between the Hamptons and NYC, and a lot of the characterization just seemed malleable from writer to writer. All these made for a story that seemed inconsistent at best.
But the ending rescued it, which is why they left the esteemed Lawrence Block in the anchor spot. I can’t think of a better writer to land the plane as it were after a very turbulent ride. Not only was the explanation of what was going on concise, coherent, and convincing but it managed to tie in the relevant threads of Pericles’ former case, his own troubled family life, and his prospects for the future without missing a beat.
Say what you want about campfire type novels, when the setup is good and the ending is excellent, a lot of the missteps in the formula can be forgiven. After all, the only thing that matters is that the mystery presented was engaging and comes to a satisfying conclusion. And, under those simplified criteria, this book is a hit. Is it a home run? No. Hardly. But I’d say it’s a solid RBI double.
But the ending rescued it, which is why they left the esteemed Lawrence Block in the anchor spot. I can’t think of a better writer to land the plane as it were after a very turbulent ride. Not only was the explanation of what was going on concise, coherent, and convincing but it managed to tie in the relevant threads of Pericles’ former case, his own troubled family life, and his prospects for the future without missing a beat.
Say what you want about campfire type novels, when the setup is good and the ending is excellent, a lot of the missteps in the formula can be forgiven. After all, the only thing that matters is that the mystery presented was engaging and comes to a satisfying conclusion. And, under those simplified criteria, this book is a hit. Is it a home run? No. Hardly. But I’d say it’s a solid RBI double.