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Summary: Far From Perfect
Review: For the amount of time and brainpower the jealous husband in this book spends on devising the perfect crime, he really came up with a pretty weak and hardly foolproof effort. The story maintains interest, but the plot falls short by relying on too many unbelievable coincidences to really be compelling and exciting. There is also a lot of romantic drivel in here concerning the completely bogus adulterous affair which I could have done without.
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Summary: Disappointing! A waste of time! Thrownout money!
Review: Forget this book. Too many coincidences to make this plot intricate or thrilling!
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Summary: Too many coincidences
Review: Francie and Roger Cullingwood are drifting apart. Roger has been looking for a job for the past year after being fired, Francie is unhappy with her marriage and she has been having an affair with radio psychologist, Ned DeMarco. She is also having doubts with her affair since meeting Ned's wife, who through unforeseen circumstances and coincidence winds up being Francie's tennis partner in an important tournament. Roger finds Francie's love nest and he has decided that he wants her dead but just like any other criminal, he does not want to get caught.After doing some thorough research he decides to manipulate Whitey Truax into committing a crime in which his wife will turn out dead. Just like any other book things do not turn up as planned and all of Roger's scheming have gone done the tubes into a predictable conclusion. Roger thinks he is too smart and that he has planned for every eventuality and this book shows that is not entirely true. In reading this novel I was expecting a story similar to A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith. This story has too many coincidences that tempted me to stop reading the book. This is my first Peter Abrahams novel and I will try to read him again in the future. He does a good job with characterization but to me the plot fizzled. There were some loose ends that were not clarified and there were at least two characters in the book that I found to be redundant to the storyline. I do not think removing them would have made any difference but that is just how I feel.
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Summary: good
Review: Good book! Fast paced with twisting plot! I highly recommend!
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Summary: C'mon Everybody lighten up this was Wicked Fun!
Review: I don't know why everybody is panning this book but you will singe your fingers turning the pages on this one, yes all the characters are creeps, but I found it devilishy delicious! Maybe some reviewers here haven't been involved in adult relationships, they should stick to their curious george books.
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Summary: Puzzled by "A Perfect Crime"
Review: I found "A Perfect Crime" to be less than perfect, but still a good 'airplane, bus or train' book. Peter Abrahams and 181-IQ Roger ought to have known; however, that the puzzles in the Times of London are not constructed in the American crossword style, but in the uniquely-British 'cryptic' format.
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Summary: Great start and a miserable finish
Review: I had great hopes for this work. It started off great but really seemed to have lost its focus. This book is not worth the energy.
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Summary: NOT IMPRESSED
Review: I have this (unfortunate?) habit of having to finish anything I start. And I cannot believe i reached the end of this book. The crime was far from "perfect"...it was so convoluted and contrived, I'm not sure if the focus of the author was devising a murder or creating an obscene number of inane mental ramblings, as Roger tries to logicalize everything in his mind. His constant, obsessive strategizing gets very tiresome and is not intriguing in the least. I'm currently reading a Dean Koontz novel, and it's making my heart palpitate - that's what a great suspense book does! Peter Abrahams has not impressed me at all. And with a pathetic ending to boot...save your cash.
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Summary: Relationship intrigue that keeps you thinking every minute.
Review: I loved this book! I hope to find lots more like it. I think he is a masterful writer that builds the suspense with a real economy of words. I cared for our heroine, who realized she was making some poor choices (hey, we all do), but did not realize how poor they were!
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Summary: Not so perfect
Review: I naively acquired this book believing that the plot actually could be close to the perfect crime. There were far too many holes and events left to chance to make it even close to a perfect crime. Once I got past that mental block, the book was fun to read. It happened to take on more realism for me since I started it at Logan airport in November. I did like the insight into the minds of such diverse characters--everyone from a mentally off-kilter rapist/killer to a snooty professional with an IQ off the charts. It's well worth the read--just don't expect too much!
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