Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780708936344
ISBN number: 0708936342
Label: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: 1996-11
Publishing house: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
Sale Popularity Level: 6806164
Studio: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
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Serial killers come in all shapes and sizes, but this one is particularly puzzling.There's no pattern to the mutilated bodies that have been showing up in Albuquerque: both sexes, all races, ages, ethnic groups. There is no evidence of rape or ritual. Only one thing connects the victims. They were the victims of a natural disaster. One of the most unnatural natural disasters imaginable, leading to a most painful, most certain and most hideous death....
Mulder and Scully, FBI: the agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line. Their job: investigate the eerie unsolved mysteries the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what's really out there. And panics. The cases filed under 'X.'
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Second of the same.
The subsequent X-Files tie-in is basically the same as the first, in terms of quality, that is, not very good.
Also another strange series of killing to investigate for the FBI duo, only with some boring even for Mulder odd occurrences along the way. These were definitely disappointing.
2.5 out of 5
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This book is a slight improvement (in some areas) over Goblins. The dialogue was good, but the plot was not quite up to par. Parts were confusing, but the characters were well developed. Not bad, but not five stars.
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Whirlwind is the second TV tie-in novel based on The X-Files. One can't help but compare this to the very first novel, Goblins, as both books were written by Charles Grant. While Whirlwind seems more readable than Goblins, in the end Grant once again comes up a little short. His characterizations of Mulder and Scully saw improvement in this novel, but there were still bits of dialogue here and there that just didn't sound like something the agents would say. A bigger problem is found in the characterization of all the other characters, some of whose actions really aren't adequately explained in the context of the novel. The explanation behind the crimes presented here also falls short of believability.
The heart of this particular X-File involves a most unusual serial killer (indeed, I would not use the term serial killer in this context - but the back cover of the book uses it). It all started with a string of cattle mutilations, a subject even Mulder isn't very interested in. Then a local sheriff of a small New Mexico town asks for FBI help when a honeymooning man and wife are killed in the same horrible fashion, and Mulder and Scully are initially assisted on the case by an agent from the regional FBI office. The manner of death in these cases is enough to make Scully uneasy looking at the remains, as basically the victim's skin is shredded and removed from the body - possibly before death, as it happens so quickly. I should mention the fact that it is very hot in the New Mexico desert - the author certainly mentions that fact a lot. Anyway, Mulder and Scully begin the investigation, ask questions that most folks don't seem to want to answer completely, and find themselves wondering what if anything the local and extremely private Konochine Indians might have to do with the unexplained murders.
Whirlwind just didn't manage to satisfy me. The reality behind the mystery is rather fanciful, yet it also manages to come across as too pat of an answer. A more penetrating examination of the important characters - those on both sides of the law - would have helped in this regard, I feel. One character is seemingly dropped like a hot potato midway through the book, and another essential character's erratic behavior is explained away a little too easily for me. I love the X-Files, but, in my opinion, Whirlwind is really just an average novel.
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Whirlwind is a definite page turner. I just read it for the 3rd time! I've been hooked on the X-Files TV series for years; After reading Whirlwind, I now want to read every other X-Files book as well. Charles Grant portrayed both the chemistry between Mulder and Scully as well as the mystery of the Konochine tribe.
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Mysterious Deaths Jordan Chappell
Author: Charles Grant
Published by Harper prism
Mulder and Scully have yet another big case to solve. They are going to have trouble with this one.
The book starts out slow but speeds up. Killings occur and mulder and Scully cruise to the job. This case is hard because the serial killers come in all different sizes and shapes.
Another problem they have to go through is that none of the killings go in a pattern. All of them are different kind of murders. How would you solve something like this? There is one big factor to the story. All of the victims that got killed have been in a natural disaster. Why were they killed because of a natural disaster? The worse the natural the disaster is the more brutal the killings is. If it is a weak natural disaster than the kill is not so lethal.
They come to figure out some how the killings are extra terrestrial. Doesn't it always come down to extra terrestrials? The bad thing is that you can never judge an extra terrestrial, they could be smart and quick or dumb and slow, you never know.
When you least expect it action will pop out at you and attack you from behind. This book offers a combination of action and mystery mixed in with a little bit of drama. It fails to offer some clueless words that you will not understand; those words get you offset on the book.
I liked this book because it kept me going. When it was time to stop reading I wanted more. More action, more suspense, more mystery. This book had all the qualities of a good action/mystery book. It had the normal X-files characters (mulder, scully). It also had a few good settings at times but mostly boring settings.
So as Mulder and Scully unravel this mystery be right there with them and read this book. You will be satisfied by the intense action throughout the story. So go out right now and read this book, and enjoy this book. Because it is one that you would enjoy very much.
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