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Title: A Simple Act of Violence

Author: R J Ellory

Narrator: Alan Nebelthau

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-01-09

Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Rapidly things begin to complicate. The victims do not officially exist. Their personal details do not register on any known systems. The harder Miller works, the less it makes sense. And as Miller unearths ever more disturbing facts, he starts to face truths so far-removed from his own reality that he begins to fear for his life...

Members Reviews:

Unexpectedly profound thriller

I'm glad the blurb didn't give too much away. This could have been a standard cop thriller - down-at-heel loner investigates serial killer. But it became something altogether more profound, illuminating and engaging. Marvelous.

Intriguing!

This was a really interesting story, a little out of the ordinary when it comes to crime thrillers. I found parts of it dragged on a little bit now and then, but not enough to put me off and indeed the further I got into the story the more gripping it became. My only real negative comment is that I didn't particularly like the narrator, I found his voice a bit too dead-pan. But all in all, I would definitely recommend this!

Really Enjoyable

I found this book enjoyable and gripping. It's littered with 'facts' and conspiracy theories too which makes it very believable. I thought the narrator was pretty much dead on for the tone set by the book and he reads it well. I've never heard of this author before but will check out more of his work. Highly reccommended.

nothing is what it seems

This book twists and turns your mind and your emotions. A gruesome

chilling description starts the journey through the underworld of

drugs,arms and third world politics with the aim of securing the future of America's ruling families.

A cracking read

Really enjoyable read

This was my first Ellory novel, and knowing nothing about the author or book I started it without much idea what to expect. The book opens with a murder and it seems from early on that this will be a police procedural with a stereotypical misfit detective as our protagonist hunting an elusive serial killer. However, a parallel storyline soon opens up which is clearly connected to the events of the main story, and yet is much broader in context and style; addressing some big political and moral questions, and in particular the ethics of American foreign policy and the actions of it's "intelligence community". I found this aspect fascinating, and although much of the detail was fictional I cant help but feel a little more educated on Nicaragua, the C.I.A. and the brutality, power, greed and corruption of such organisations. The author has clearly researched these subjects deeply and presents them well.

The protagonist character, Detective Robert Miller, reminded me a lot of Detective Harry Hole as created by Jo Nesb and indeed the writing style bears comparison to those novels, with rich descriptive passages and alternating accounts of the same events from the perspectives of our detective and the character he is pursuing. Character development through this novel is excellent, both the believable drawing of Detective Miller and the gradual unveiling of our antagonist, John Robey, who becomes the fulcrum around which the two plot lines hinge.