The Caretaker

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Summary: The Caretaker
Review: A masterpiece! I read this book a year ago and I am still raving about how wonderfully written and seductively suspensful this was to read. Mr. Simpson is an extremely gifted storyteller and has one deeply devoted reader at his fingertips! Hope to see him out with a new one soon. A devoted fan.....and many friends.....The Caretaker ROCKS!!!!

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Summary: How Did This Guy Get Published?
Review: For those of you expecting a thrilling, gripping novel, you will be thoroughly disappointed if you read this obscene, often boring, and absurd romp through amoral sex and the business world (which the author knows very little about, by the way). The characters are typical, though because Simpson is as untalented as he is perverted, he manages to make them ten times more boring than if they'd been modeled by someone else. For some reason, he believes he can make up for his lack of interesting content by repeating the full names of his characters and their alternates without cessation. This grows dull rather quickly, as does his writing style (if it could be called that), his plot (or the lack thereof), and the entire mess in general. If anyone has enjoyed this "book" (is it even?),I seriously question their ability to form any sort of opinion at all. If you haven't had the misfortune of reading this waste of paper and ink, then please don't make the mistake of doing so now.

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Summary: Simpson puts other novels to sleep.
Review: In the suspense thriller, "The Caretaker" by Thomas William Simpson, a careful blend of vivid imagery, smart dialogue, and extremely life-like characters make this book an ultimate page-turner.

This book is the first in a while that I've read so quickly. I started reading one day and swallowed nearly 100 pages in a sitting. Simpson keeps the story progressive and all the elements are essential to the plot and storyline. I won't give away too much, but if you're searching for a gripping suspense novel, I'd recommend this one.

--Ryan S.

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Summary: Study in the Human Mind
Review: Inch by inch, layer by layer, Mr. Simpson builds upon a story that, more than anything else, reveals the frailties of man's character to allow revenge, greed, suggestion, and lust interfere with his own success. The Caretaker shows how even the most elaborate bluff resorts to chaos, manipulation (even by those you'd imagine or appear to be the most unlikely to twist one's life) and death. Allowing hints to creep into the narrative Simpon produces a story that will keep the reader turning the pages, allowing the mind to carve its own story. The ending, though mostly not a surprise, will lend the reader to sigh a big "oh, oh", wishing that the next book by Simpson produces a sequel to The Caretaker. All in all, a book well done.

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Summary: The perfect crime
Review: Since the first page till the end, this book has the perfect crime, "More know the devil for old than for devil", is the first book that I read that since the beginning is telling you part of the finish, that keeps you interested in the story all the time, and as I like from many writers, T.W. Simpson doesn't put Sam like a woman that doesn't know what to do and how to handle any particular situation, I like when the women can defend their selves alone or almost alone, and at the end you will see how to do a perfect crime... many times.

SIX STARS FOR THIS ONE

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Summary: The perfect crime
Review: Since the first page till the end, this book has the perfect crime, "More know the devil for old than for devil", is the first book that I read that since the beginning is telling you part of the finish, that keeps you interested in the story all the time, and as I like from many writers, T.W. Simpson doesn't put Sam like a woman that doesn't know what to do and how to handle any particular situation, I like when the women can defend their selves alone or almost alone, and at the end you will see how to do a perfect crime... many times.

SIX STARS FOR THIS ONE

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Summary: Love It or Leave it
Review: Strange that this book was either praised or considered as trash by earlier reviewers. I finished reading it a couple of days ago and thought it was actually quite good.

I too would have preferred that Mr. Simpson hadn't given away too much of the end during the narration, but generally I found this novel quite entertaining and have now bought a second book by this author.

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Summary: WHAT AN ENDING!
Review: This may possibly be one of the best books I have ever read in my life!

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Summary: Terrible
Review: Typical story. Evil suburban man Good suburban woman. Every cliche of horror was used in this book.

This book is not worth reading.