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Too much luck, too little likelihood
Abrahams, Peter ~ Oblivion
When I selected this book I thought
I haven’t read a crime or suspense novel for a long time and this seemed as good as any. I enjoyed A Perfect Crime by the same author years ago after Stephen King touted it as a grand read in his On Writing book.
50-word description
Cop turned private investigator Nick Petrov takes on a missing person case that turns sinister when his instincts are muddled after suffering amnesia. While ailing and undergoing urgent medical treatment, he valiantly tries to remember and solve the case while an unknown assailant gets in his way.
150-word review
I’ll start with the most interesting part of the book: Abrahams gives Nick Petrov the character a solid voice as clever arsehole evolving into sick man with a conscience. Nick’s attempts to get his life on track are believable and almost keep the book from turning into a phantasmagoria of unlikely coincidences.
However, the rest of his battle to solve the missing girl case while squeezing in treatment for a virulent form of brain cancer verges on the ridiculous. Oh, and a very nasty person gets him while he’s down and tries to kill him. And, although he can’t remember the case he is working on, informants and suspects happen to be in the right places at the right time to toss him clues like a Labrador retriever catches tennis balls.
Then he gets the girl. Of course.
peter abrahams ~ oblivion
Found in
Fiction A
Borrowed
Dec 08
Author’s link:
Author’s web site
Rating
Overblown
This is book 11 of the project.
