Spel op leven en dood
by:
Jan Smit (author)
John Sandford (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9789044924244 (9044924249)
Publish date: 1991
Publisher: A.W. Bruna Uitgevers
Pages no: 318
Edition language: Dutch
Series: Lucas Davenport 1 (#1)
This is my first John Sandford (and Lucas Davenport book). It is a decent mystery -- I'm not exactly mindblown with it but I do think that it has the potential to develop. Of course, this is also was released back in 1989 and there are 20+ books afterwards so there MUST be developments *lol*. Anyway...
BLUF: I didn’t find the main character appealing.I feel guilty writing reviews of books that were written in the late ‘80s, early ‘90s. It was a whole different world back then. I would love to get into some of these popular author’s books, but they seem to be mostly in series from this time and I j...
This book is just a hot mess. I get it was the first book in the series, and it was written in 1989, but damn. You would think that Lucas Davenport hates women based on his actions in this book.Let's get to the plot first.A serial killer is raping and murdering women in Minnesota. We don't know who ...
I've said it before - mostly when people are complaining that romance is unrealistic fantasy for the ladies - and I'll say it again: the thriller is the male version of a romance novel. Think about it: in romance novels, the heroine is often a bit of a plain jane, the average woman with imperfecti...
It's been a while since I've posted. I'm not dead, just lazy enough to appear to be so. Sorry I haven't kept up with all of you. But I have been reading and here is what I've been reading:The Way of the Knife: The CIA, A Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti★★★★✩ A fascina...