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Bloodless Shadow [Import] [Hardcover]

Victoria Blake (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)


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  • Hardcover: 434 pages
  • Publisher: Magna Large Print Books; Large Print Ed edition (October 15, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 075052622X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750526227
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I hope Blake continues to write such high quality books, October 25, 2005
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THis is a "first" for this author, and I always fear that the quality will drop over time, particularly after the publisher (and the public) start putting the pressure on to get books written. THis is a particularly well-written book, and my only hesitation in giving this 5 stars is that the lead detective is an angry, unhappy, and troubled person (not unusual in a certain genre of mysteries -- think Rankin, for example), and after a while, it got to be a bit much.

Samantha (Sam) Falconer is a London-based private detective who is a retired Judo world champion. She has a bad relationship with her mother and does her best to ignore her stepfather (her father was in the SAS and killed when she was 4 -- or so she was told). Sam's gay brother, who teaches at Oxford, is the only bright spot. He refers a client to her, a psychoanalyst in Oxford whose wife has disappeared -- he is dissatisfied with police efforts and wants Sam to find out what happened to her. Meanwhile, Sam gets a note -- ostensibly from her father, saying he will be in contact with her. If that weren't enough, she's dealing with the psychologically impact of having discovered a dead child in a previous assignment. And did I mention other threatening events happening to Sam, but she's unsure who is threatening her and how dangerous they really are?

Heavy stuff indeed. But this was a mystery I could hardly wait to get back to -- well plotted and well written. I only wish it had been a little less gloomy, particularly by the end. I think Europeans are less averse to books filled with existential angst than most Americans are.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A really terrific first novel, August 20, 2005
I picked up this book to read this afternoon and finished it a few hours later having not been able to put it down. It is a really terrific story with a very compelling lead character. Sam Falconer is a flawed heroine and extremely compelling. The mystery itself was good, but most of the drama was in Sam's life as she dealt with her ghosts. I look forward to reading Victoria Blake's next novel.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Yes it is dark...but, June 17, 2007
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This review is from: Bloodless Shadow (Paperback)
it's also pretty good. I'll read her next offering if/when it come to my library.
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