Past Imperfect (JM Mystery-Thriller Series Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (978 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0050P4N26 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 114 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Dominic Fornier is the detective who finds himself at the heart of the investigation. Fornier's only hope is to prove the link between the two boys thirty years apart. They have been translated into 14 languages with total sales of 1.5 million. He was one of only two British authors in the list.. In 2007, Past Imperfect was included in a top ten all-time best legal thrillers list in The Times. A simple provincial case that becomes one of the largest and most important in French criminal history. His books span genres of crime, action, mystery and legal-thriller and include: Basikasingo, Crescents of the Moon, Past Imperfect, The Last Witness, The Second Amendment, Ascension Day, The Shadow Chaser and The Prophet. Past Imperfect:Two boys.One Murder.Sometimes justice takes more than a lifetime.A car accident in California, a deadly assault in Provence, and two boys 30 years apart are left battling for their lives. A compulsive journey through forensic, medical and psychiatric evidence between France, the USA and London; a breathless paper chase of clues from a young boy's psyche and a desperate race against time with a killer who will stop at nothing.John Matthews is a leading British thriller writer
Compulsive reading.' --The Times. 'Matthews maintains the suspense an engrossing odyssey into the seamy side of a world that is so near, yet sometimes seems so far
Mysterious, haunting, tragic but brilliantly written Kali I took this book on holiday with me because I wanted a nice chunky novel to last me for my three weeks in the sun. It was the best book I read, in fact I read it twice and I enjoyed even more the second time around!The plot, which at first seems complex but eventually follows several simple threads, follows a tragic car accident in California in the 1990s in which a young boy is left fighting for his life, and a horrendous assault in Provence in the 1960s where a young boy eventually dies from internal injuries. What. Could have been great if it were 30% shorter. Nicole Full Disclosure: I bought this book when Amazon was offering it for free for the kindle. The same offer seems to come around every couple of months.The story is fine; there are two overarching plots throughout the book: the story of a young boy murdered in the 1960s and the surrounding investigation, and the modern story of another young boy experiencing psychological issues after a car wreck. The book is described as a mystery, but since the reader knows everything about the murder, the real mystery is the connectio. An exciting story that manages to drag This is one of the occasions when I wonder if I'm reading the same book as other reviewers. And maybe I'm not. This review is based on the Kindle version. At least some of the 5-star reviews were based on the paperback. The author has had many glowing big-time reviews and lots of 5-star Amazon reviews. I won't repeat the plot; other reviewers have already done so. The pace of the story is sometimes edge-of-the-seat exciting and other times slow and dragging with excessive detail. Although it's at times interesting, t
. John Matthews is the author of Basikasingo, Crescents of the Moon, Past Imperfect, The Last Witness, The Second Amendment, The Shadow Chaser, Ascension Day, The Prophecy and Blindsided