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A review by colindalaska
Dead Simple by Peter James
1.0
It’s been a long time since I was this angry at a book.
For about two hundred pages this was a taut thriller possibly worthy of 5 stars. A prank has gone wrong leaving a groom to be in a coffin and the best man refusing to say where he is. Turn-paging goodness.
Then comes a twist that becomes increasingly silly as the book plays out.
And:
1) the police do nothing to check the emails of the people involved,
2) the police do nothing to investigate land owned by the groom and best man, where a body might be hidden
I was willing to let this slide until two of the protagonists do think to investigate/cover up the evidence.
And how is it resolved? By magic. A stupid, stupid ending that would have been more palatable if it had come at 250 pages and ending the rest of the nonsense before it began.
Last review of 2020, and I’m cross.
For about two hundred pages this was a taut thriller possibly worthy of 5 stars. A prank has gone wrong leaving a groom to be in a coffin and the best man refusing to say where he is. Turn-paging goodness.
Then comes a twist that becomes increasingly silly as the book plays out.
And:
1) the police do nothing to check the emails of the people involved,
2) the police do nothing to investigate land owned by the groom and best man, where a body might be hidden
I was willing to let this slide until two of the protagonists do think to investigate/cover up the evidence.
And how is it resolved? By magic. A stupid, stupid ending that would have been more palatable if it had come at 250 pages and ending the rest of the nonsense before it began.
Last review of 2020, and I’m cross.