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Summary: Different Deaver
Review: Shallow Graves by Jeffery Deaver is a different sort of mystery/thriller than his Bone Collector Lincoln Ryme series, with a different sort of villain(s) than that series. So if the reader is expecting a Bone Collector clone, take note.It is, however an excellent book and John Pellam is a great hero with his dark secrets and nomadic life. Pellam has good instincts and is tenacious in finding the murderer of his friend and partner.
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Summary: Shallow Graves
Review: Shallow Graves is a story in a small country village. The main character John Pellam is shooting site for films here, until all the trouble starts to begin. He get's involved in a shooting involving drugs. The local police isn't supporting and he is even been trown in jail. It's my first read of J. Deaver and I expected more from him. I hope the other book I got from him will be better, called: The coffin dancer.
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Summary: Reissue of Deaver is all good!
Review: SHALLOW GRAVES is another reissue, following up MANHATTAN IS MY BEAT. This one is not a sequel to MIMB but is a series, this being the first. It is about a location scout who gets mixed up in a murder, dealings with drug makers/sellers, a nice affair possibility and a great switcheroo at the end. if you like Deaver you will love this book, it has everything you want! Can someone please tell me what happened with the "Mark" character in this book...I don't think it got resolved...unless I missed it!
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Summary: Deaver's first is also one of his best
Review: Shallow Graves was first published under Jeffery Deaver's pseudonym, William Jefferies. While he may have been writing as someone else, fans of Mr. Deavers will instantly recognize the unique and wonderful writing style, imaginative and fully sketched characters and locations and the twisted plot lines of Jeffrey Deaver lurking throughout Shallow Graves. This is the first of the location scout mysteries, as they are called, and readers are lucky that Deaver's popularity has grown so much that they have chosen to re-print his first novels. WE are instantly thrown into the world of mysterious John Pellam and his partner Marty as they are looking throughout upstate New York for a location for a new Hollywood Film. While half the town is out parading in front of John for an unofficial audition the other half of town is trying to get rid of him. When John's partner Marty dies under strange circumstances, all eyes are focused on Pellam. He must quickly learn who he can trust and who is out to get him. The reader begins to suspect, along with Pellam, that not all is at it would seem in this sleeply little town in the middle of nowhere. Deaver does what he does best in this novel, he creates a believable and likeable set of characters, creates a seedy and dark unbelly in the most unlikely of places and brings the reader on a rollercoaster ride that you wish would never end. But end it must and readers will be running back to well for more when they are finished. This is one mystery that I wished would go on - Deaver is a master and this novel continues to prove his talent.
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Summary: Deaver's first is also one of his best
Review: Shallow Graves was first published under Jeffery Deaver's pseudonym, William Jefferies. While he may have been writing as someone else, fans of Mr. Deavers will instantly recognize the unique and wonderful writing style, imaginative and fully sketched characters and locations and the twisted plot lines of Jeffrey Deaver lurking throughout Shallow Graves. This is the first of the location scout mysteries, as they are called, and readers are lucky that Deaver's popularity has grown so much that they have chosen to re-print his first novels. WE are instantly thrown into the world of mysterious John Pellam and his partner Marty as they are looking throughout upstate New York for a location for a new Hollywood Film. While half the town is out parading in front of John for an unofficial audition the other half of town is trying to get rid of him. When John's partner Marty dies under strange circumstances, all eyes are focused on Pellam. He must quickly learn who he can trust and who is out to get him. The reader begins to suspect, along with Pellam, that not all is at it would seem in this sleeply little town in the middle of nowhere. Deaver does what he does best in this novel, he creates a believable and likeable set of characters, creates a seedy and dark unbelly in the most unlikely of places and brings the reader on a rollercoaster ride that you wish would never end. But end it must and readers will be running back to well for more when they are finished. This is one mystery that I wished would go on - Deaver is a master and this novel continues to prove his talent.
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Summary: Gripping..........
Review: The tale begins when John Pellam a location scout, arrives in Cleary, upstate New York looking for the scenery of a future movie and meets a hostile town, then some awful things begin to happen to him and to his companion Marty with no apparent reason and instead of leaving town he is determined to stay, look for clues and face everything, these facts set up the mistery. I enjoyed this book, because this colorful story is so well written, that you can feel the tension and hostility against Pellam every step of the way and dont know what is coming up next, that is what I would call, suspense !, but what I liked the most is the great character drawing, and the dialogues, with just a few words when facing each other, they tell you all, how they actually are, their intentions, how they really feel and what you could expect of them, concocted with many dimensions, they looked like they were ready to jump off the book and sit right next to you. Also, I have another compliment for the twists in the story, this is a resource widely used by Mr Deaver in all his books, they were not many but those few under his sleeve were masterfully used at the right time, rocking my chair. Finally tough the ending leaves room for many sequels, the engrossing plot, worth reading, is what really counted.
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Summary: Awesome Book!
Review: This book was amazing, it took me a matter of days to finish it because I could not put it down. I strongly recomend it! Its entertaining from start to finish!
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Summary: Phenomenal! Deaver Can Not Write A Bad Book!
Review: Yes, that's right, another winner by the male king of suspense, Jeffery Deaver. As most of you Deaver fans know, Jeffery is revising and re-publishing his older novels. Manhattan is My Beat was the first re-published and I enjoyed that novel a lot. The only thing I didn't like was the main character in that book, but overall it was a good novel. But with SHALLOW GRAVES, that's another story. Great characters, a great plot, action, suspense, drug-dealing, shootouts, and more! What more could you want in a suspense novel? I have heard through the "grapevine" that Death of a Blue Movie Star will be out in October, and Blood River Blues and other older Deaver novels will be out in the future. Along with his NEW thriller Speaking In Tongues in December 2000, that can be ordered with Amazon.com, of course. If I could, I would give Shallow Graves six out of five stars.
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