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Praise for Simon Kernick:
“Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!”
–Harlan Coben
“Great plots, great characters, great action and some spectacular violence. Simon Kernick might just be the best of Britain’s new-wave crime writers.”
–Lee Child
From the Hardcover edition.
“Simon Kernick writes with his foot pressed hard on the pedal. Hang on tight!”
–Harlan Coben
“Great plots, great characters, great action and some spectacular violence. Simon Kernick might just be the best of Britain’s new-wave crime writers.”
–Lee Child
From the Hardcover edition.
Kurzbeschreibung
A terrifying read-in-one-gulp thriller with a killer premise: what do you do when the woman in bed beside you is a headless corpse . . .
Straight off I knew it was going to be a bad day. The room was stifling hot; and when I did finally manage to drag open my eyes, all I could see was blood. I thought I’d stepped into the middle of a nightmare.
But I was wrong. The nightmare was only just beginning.
Ex-soldier Sean Tyler wakes up in an unfamiliar room next to the headless corpse of a girl he’s met only once. With his memory of the previous twenty-four hours wiped clean, he’s hardly out of bed before the phone rings. A voice tells him to press play on the room’s DVD machine. The film shows him stabbing someone to death.
Tyler is confident that the footage is fake, but will a jury see things the same way? The man on the phone tells him to go to an address in east London, and await instructions. Tyler knows he must do as he is told. He also knows that the phone caller has no intention of keeping him alive.
To survive he must recover the missing twenty-four hours of his life and find out who’s setting him up before his time runs out for good. The clock is ticking...
From the Hardcover edition.
Straight off I knew it was going to be a bad day. The room was stifling hot; and when I did finally manage to drag open my eyes, all I could see was blood. I thought I’d stepped into the middle of a nightmare.
But I was wrong. The nightmare was only just beginning.
Ex-soldier Sean Tyler wakes up in an unfamiliar room next to the headless corpse of a girl he’s met only once. With his memory of the previous twenty-four hours wiped clean, he’s hardly out of bed before the phone rings. A voice tells him to press play on the room’s DVD machine. The film shows him stabbing someone to death.
Tyler is confident that the footage is fake, but will a jury see things the same way? The man on the phone tells him to go to an address in east London, and await instructions. Tyler knows he must do as he is told. He also knows that the phone caller has no intention of keeping him alive.
To survive he must recover the missing twenty-four hours of his life and find out who’s setting him up before his time runs out for good. The clock is ticking...
From the Hardcover edition.
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Simon Kernick ist ein neuer Autor, den man sich eigentlich merken muss: Ein Autor der "neuen englischen Schule" sozusagen, der den etwas behäbigen, konservativen Krimimarkt durch seinen kompromisslosen Schreibstil und originelle, unverbrauchte Plots in den letzten Jahren aufmischte.
Warum dann nur 2 Sterne?
Weil er sich anscheinend nicht sehr viel Zeit für jedes Buch nimmt und die letzten Thriller irgendwie 08/15 dahingenudelt wirken, mit immer den gleichen Charakteren und immer den gleichen Cliffhängern.
Diesmal erwacht ein Ex-Soldat (der in 4 Kriegen diente!) neben der Leiche seiner Freundin. Hat er sie umgebracht? Ein Fremder am Telefon behauptet es - und er soll für ihn einen mysteriösen Koffer überbringen, dann werden die Beweise vernichtet.
Dan Tyler ist natürlich ein richtiger furchtloser Held, der alle Gefahren und Schicksalschläge meistert, auch wenn einige Freunde und Feinde dabei auf der Strecke bleiben. Und da dies Kernicks Masche in den letzten Thrillern ist - der einsame Held meistert alles - ist auch das Buch trotz origineller Ideen recht langweilig und vorhersehbar.
Das ganze heroische, idealisierende Soldatenjargon "Einer für alle, alle für einen" tut das übrige dazu, dass man diesen Thriller nicht richtig genießen kann.
Mr. Kernick, bitte keine Fließbandarbeiten nach Schema F zukünftig - Sie können es doch !
Fazit: 08/15 Krimi-Kost. Besseres gibt es aber von Kernick: Relentless und Deadline kann ich empfehlen.
Warum dann nur 2 Sterne?
Weil er sich anscheinend nicht sehr viel Zeit für jedes Buch nimmt und die letzten Thriller irgendwie 08/15 dahingenudelt wirken, mit immer den gleichen Charakteren und immer den gleichen Cliffhängern.
Diesmal erwacht ein Ex-Soldat (der in 4 Kriegen diente!) neben der Leiche seiner Freundin. Hat er sie umgebracht? Ein Fremder am Telefon behauptet es - und er soll für ihn einen mysteriösen Koffer überbringen, dann werden die Beweise vernichtet.
Dan Tyler ist natürlich ein richtiger furchtloser Held, der alle Gefahren und Schicksalschläge meistert, auch wenn einige Freunde und Feinde dabei auf der Strecke bleiben. Und da dies Kernicks Masche in den letzten Thrillern ist - der einsame Held meistert alles - ist auch das Buch trotz origineller Ideen recht langweilig und vorhersehbar.
Das ganze heroische, idealisierende Soldatenjargon "Einer für alle, alle für einen" tut das übrige dazu, dass man diesen Thriller nicht richtig genießen kann.
Mr. Kernick, bitte keine Fließbandarbeiten nach Schema F zukünftig - Sie können es doch !
Fazit: 08/15 Krimi-Kost. Besseres gibt es aber von Kernick: Relentless und Deadline kann ich empfehlen.
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Excellent plane/train read!
10. April 2008
Format:Taschenbuch
Maybe it depends on what you're looking for in a book but I agree with another reviewer (on Amazon.co.uk) who mentioned there being a lot of snobbery around reading. There's nothing wrong with reading a thought provoking book...but neither is there anything wrong with enjoying a fast moving thriller that doesn't take up too much of your brain power. Depends what mood you're in. This is the latter and I ended up staying up until the small hours reading it.
I wasn't sure about the book being written in the first person as it tends to remind me of those American private detective sketches but to be honest the story moved so fast that I didn't mind it at all.
Best read on a weekend or long journey so you don't have to put it down!
I wasn't sure about the book being written in the first person as it tends to remind me of those American private detective sketches but to be honest the story moved so fast that I didn't mind it at all.
Best read on a weekend or long journey so you don't have to put it down!
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Fast Paced, Well Written Action Thriller!
10. November 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I have only read one other book by this author which was titled Relentless. That book was a different style to this one, Relentless was more of a Harlan Coben style novel and if that is all you're after you may be disappointed with this different genre novel. If however you also enjoy fast paced albeit a little unrealistic action thriller, well trained ex army guy who rights a wrong type reads (such as say David Morrell's novels then you'll also love this one.
Severed is a fun read, there's enough action plus the having to guess who's behind it all factor in each chapter to keep you turning the pages. The main character Dan Tyler, is well written as are the supporting ones, including the villains.
Basic plot, Dan Tyler an ex British soldier who has served in most of the recent wars including Bosnia and Northern Ireland has moved on from that life and now runs a successful BMW dealership. He couldn't be happier having just met Leah, a beautiful woman who he thinks he will have a nice long future with. Unfortunately one day he awakens in a strange room beside her corpse, which even though it is missing the head he instantly recognises. He can't remember how he got here and notices a DVD player with a note on top telling him to press play. He does and witnesses a man who looks like him (and who Leah calls by his name) brutally murder her while she's tied to the bed. Shocked he is not fast enough to react to a needle entering him from behind and awakens lying in the back seat of a car to a ringing mobile where he is told the DVD and other evidence such as the murder weapon which contains his prints will be handed over to the police if he doesn't exchange a briefcase in the car for another at an address he is told to go to. Knowing he has no way of tracking down the killer, especially since it's highly likely he'll be behind bars, Tyler decides to do what the caller asks until he has time to turn the tables!
I have enjoyed both books I've read by this author and will definitely check out his other work.
Severed is a fun read, there's enough action plus the having to guess who's behind it all factor in each chapter to keep you turning the pages. The main character Dan Tyler, is well written as are the supporting ones, including the villains.
Basic plot, Dan Tyler an ex British soldier who has served in most of the recent wars including Bosnia and Northern Ireland has moved on from that life and now runs a successful BMW dealership. He couldn't be happier having just met Leah, a beautiful woman who he thinks he will have a nice long future with. Unfortunately one day he awakens in a strange room beside her corpse, which even though it is missing the head he instantly recognises. He can't remember how he got here and notices a DVD player with a note on top telling him to press play. He does and witnesses a man who looks like him (and who Leah calls by his name) brutally murder her while she's tied to the bed. Shocked he is not fast enough to react to a needle entering him from behind and awakens lying in the back seat of a car to a ringing mobile where he is told the DVD and other evidence such as the murder weapon which contains his prints will be handed over to the police if he doesn't exchange a briefcase in the car for another at an address he is told to go to. Knowing he has no way of tracking down the killer, especially since it's highly likely he'll be behind bars, Tyler decides to do what the caller asks until he has time to turn the tables!
I have enjoyed both books I've read by this author and will definitely check out his other work.
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Enjoyable fun
24. Juni 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Severed is no literary masterpiece, but it is non stop action from start to finish. I enjoyed it because it read very much like an action movie. The chapters are short and usually end in a decent enough cliffhanger to keep you interested.
If you're looking for something believable then this is best avoided, but for sheer fun it's a good shout. Easy to read and very entertaining. The author's previous book "Relentless" is probably better though.
If you're looking for something believable then this is best avoided, but for sheer fun it's a good shout. Easy to read and very entertaining. The author's previous book "Relentless" is probably better though.
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