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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780671047481
ISBN number: 0671047485
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: September 01, 2000
Publishing house: Pocket
Release Date: August 29, 2000
Sale Popularity Level: 308706
Studio: Pocket
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New York Times bestselling author
JEFFERY DEAVER
created the acclaimed blockbusters The Devil's Teardrop and The Coffin Dancer. Here he showcases his superb talent for 'ticking-bomb suspense' (People) in this Edgar Award-nominated novel
SHALLOW GRAVES
Location scouting is to the film business what Switzerland is to war. John Pellam had been in the trenches of filmmaking, with a promising Hollywood career -- until a tragedy sidetracked him. Now he's a location scout, who travels the country in search of shooting sites for films. When he rides down Main Street, locals usually clamour for their chance at fifteen minutes of fame. But in a small town in upstate New York, Pellam experiences a very different reception -- his illusionary world is shattered by a savage murder, and Pellam is suddenly center stage in an unfolding drama of violence, lust, and conspiracy, which have a stranglehold on this less-than-picture-perfect locale.
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I've read a lot of Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme novels and like them and I thought The Devil's Teardrop which had a different protagonist was excellent. So when I saw this one in the bookstore, I snapped it up. Big waste of money! I couldn't even finish the book, and that is not something that I do very often. At the very beginning I didn't like the main character at all because he didn't seem the least bit sympathetic to me, although I realize that's simply a matter of personal taste and not something that you can give a bad review for. More serious was the total "no thought" stereotyping of "bad cops" and local townspeople. Still not enough to deep eighty-six it, but it was starting to get there at that point. No, the thing that made me toss this book is that while it is supposed to take place in upstate rural New York, Deaver tried to write this using colloquial English. Not a problem if he'd used the colloquial speech for the area. He didn't. He used the speech of rural areas of Virginia and other areas to the south of NYS. As a life long resident of upstate rural NY, I felt it insulting to get something that basic wrong and it opened up the whole suspician that nothing else in the book could be right, either, if that's the amount of research he put into it. It's incredibly lazy writing, and I don't have time to read poor writing. Too many other really good books out there to waste on a disaster like this one. Save your money and pass it by, or at least get it used if you feel you must read it.
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I just love Jeffery Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme books and began reading some of his other books. This one was easy to get into and very heart-jerking when character John Pellam's friend is blown up in a van and accused post-mortem of being involved in drugs. As seems a bit unusual, the death causes Pellam to be fired from his film producing job, but that's OK because it gives him time to solve his friend and co-worker's death. He's certain it's murder, and he's right. He also gets a taste of small town life in the process. Highly recommended!
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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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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 very 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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John Pellam is a film location scout who thinks he has found the perfect setting for a new flick. The problem is that there are some key town players who dont want the Hollywood big wigs disturbing their small town environment.....or are their reasons more sinister. What seems to be a series of warnings turns into a deadly game and Pellam must deal with wanna be movie stars, crooked cops, and even a romance or two to find out who is out to get him.
The pretense of the book has possibilites but the dedicated Deaver fan will be left a little gloomy from the shallow plot of SHALLOW GRAVES. The roller coaster thrill ride that usually marks a good Deaver novel is nowhere to be found. The character development is almost non existant and the subjects remain....shallow. There is one sudden flip at the end of the book that gives you a glimpse of the master suspense writer that Deaver was destined to become.
Sadly the book is average. It wont bore you to tears but it doesnt keep you on the edge of your seat either. A worthwhile read for a true Deaver fan but others should stear clear.
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