An Absence of Light [Hardcover]

David Lindsey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Doubleday; 1St Edition edition (1993)
• ASIN: B000HZU3D2
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,850,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No absense of thrills and suspense, January 4, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: An Absence of Light (Bookcassette(r) Edition) (Audio Cassette)

Marcus Graver has his hands full from the very beginning in this international intrigue thriller. Exceptionally well written. You buy into the day by day action and worries of our detective Graver. Very readable and almost impossible to put down. Buy it, read it, enjoy!!

2.0 out of 5 stars Lindsey needs a good editor, November 25, 2011

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L. Pitman (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Absence of Light (Paperback)

The premise of the book was compelling, but the book itself left a lot to be desired. There was zero action, but a heck of a lot of telling the reader what had happened and how everybody and his brother felt about it. Of course, the subject matter (stealing "information" and somehow becoming a Big Kahuna Bad Guy by doing it) doesn't lend itself to an action-packed thriller. You could hardly call it a psychological thriller either, as there wasn't any suspense in the story at all. Just a very, very, VERY long recitation of the forces of good and evil battling themselves to the death with . . . uh, well, "information."

And here's the <yawn> crux of it: the good guys looked like a bunch of no-name, no-talent technophobic amateurs. Even in the mid-1990s there were cellphones, digital cameras, and the Internet, yet Lindsey is still having his characters rushing to a pay phone and perusing surveillance photos 12 hours later because they had to be developed and printed. The whole book (and there was a LOT of it) was a little like watching the progress bar of a very long install over a 1200-baud modem.

4.0 out of 5 stars Lindsey Light, May 2, 2005

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Shannon Deason (Houston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: An Absence of Light (Paperback)

This book is classic Lindsey, it's fast paced and a taunt thriller. I am a huge fan of his work and even though, I would not say this is his best work, it is still better than the best work of Cornwell or Connelly. David Lindsey is a master of the thriller, I know of no writer today who can pace a thriller better than Lindsey, I can assure you that if you read this book you will want to read all his other books, he is consistantly good, which is notable for a writer of thrillers. I have read all of his books and periodically go back and reread them. I enjoy most of Patrica Cornwell's Scarpetta books and I like Grisham and Connelly, but Lindsey is in another league altogether. If you love the thriller and relish great writing then you will not be disappointed in this book. Though I recommend all of Mr. Lindsey's books, my favorites are A Cold Mind, Mercy, Requiem for a Glass Heart, In the Lake of the Moon, and Face of the Assassin.