Holloway Falls [Paperback]

Neil Cross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 2003

Imagine THE SWEENEY directed by David Lynch, BRIGHTON ROCK by way of Elmore Leonard. Imagine the dream of a wonderful life in an England rank with corruption, a land peopled by failed psychic detectives, conspiracy theorists, fraudulent cult leaders and travelling salesmen with darkness in their freezers. Imagine the darkest joke you've ever heard and you're beginning to get close to Neil Cross's hugely energetic and original world. Meet William Holloway: Family man. Gentle man. Wanted man. Holloway has secrets. Years ago, he witnessed his wife's betrayal and his life fell apart. Now someone's toying with his mind and the life of a missing woman, the prostitute Holloway pays to imitate his ex-wife. When she is murdered, his ex-wife's name scrawled on her abdomen, Holloway is trapped by the consequence of love and sex, of infidelity and violence in a world of his own terrible making. Hunted as a rogue policeman and a killer, he's on the run. And planning retribution.

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About the Author

Neil Cross is the author of CHRISTENDOM and MR IN-BETWEEN. He devides his time between London and New Zealand.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Scribner (October 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743231384
• ISBN-13: 978-0743231381
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,243,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Holloway Falls by Neil Cross, March 11, 2005

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D. Norman "[e-mail]" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holloway Falls (Hardcover)

HOLLOWAY FALLS, featuring a DI, who is a most unusual character, to be sure. Possessed with a brutal sense of retribution William Holloway teeters on the edge of a nervous breakdown throughout all of this well written, mystery/revenge/thriller. Be prepared to meet some oddball characters.


However unstable the nature of D.I. William Holloway may be, his obsessive love for his unfaithful wife remains undiminished. Again his world begins to fall apart when he is contacted by a man who claims knowledge to the terrible secrets of Holloway's past. A prostitute, Holloway has had contact with, is reported kidnapped. A man who is plagued by psychic dreams, offers clues as to the vicinity in which the prostitute may be found.

I particularly enjoyed , the travel descriptions of New Zealand, which occurred three quarters of the way into the book. I was even able to relax a bit, and forget what Mr `Unpredictability` Holloway would do next. But not for long!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Oddly engaging & atmospheric, May 24, 2004

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gordon keegan (Cammeray, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holloway Falls (Hardcover)

Sometimes I'll buy something I have absolutely no clue as to whether it holds nay attraction-- always hoping for the surprise find. This novel was like that.

Baffling combination of characters that somehow...not quite sure HOW...join together and provide a denouement that is bizarely satisfying...

Traces of Ellroy and noir I found surprisingly resonant. I'll be looking for more of this author!