By The Time You Read This- Giles Blunt

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	• By the Time You Read This: A Novel Giles Blunt Henry Holt and Co., 2007 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Very Satisfying Book

This is my first Blunt book and it won't be my last. I enjoyed this police procedural laid in the northern Ontario town of Algonquin Bay. Blunt has crafted a story that fits together like a jig-saw puzzle. He lets the story develop methodically...slowly.. so that you can savor it. As other reviewers here have noted, the plot is predictable but that doesn't detract from the book's enjoyment. You kinda know how it's going to end but your attention turns to how is the author going to get us there. This is a fast read -- you'll finish it in a day or two -- and when you do, or should I say "By the Time You Read This..." you will be glad you did.

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By The Time You Read This- Giles Blunt

I am an avid reader of Giles Blunt and purchased this novel with great anticipation only to be disappointed when it arrived as I had already read it . In Australia it is sold under the cover of Feilds Of Grief may I make a suggestion that when different covers are used for different regions that the publishers make a note of this on these books- please.
I had checked Giles Blunts web site b4 purchasing this novel after returning to his web site I notice that it has identified that it is sold in the UK under the different cover but no mention of Australia.
This is a great read,you wont be disappointed and I can hardly wait for his new book !!!!!By the Time You Read This: A Novel

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Beware

This is a well written murder mystery. Despite undisputable evidence, detective John Cardinal has a nagging suspicion that a shocking suicide isn't what it seems. But beware, there is plenty of grief and depression described in vivid detail in this story as the killer is revealed. It's not for everyone.

Half of this series is great...

...but it's not two of the books, it's half of each book.

I've read the 4 books in this series over the past month and they all have the same problem in my opinion. The chapters which involve the cops Cardinal and Delorme are terrific, but the books contain many chapters which instead follow the criminals involved and I found them uniformly dull and unbelievable. I plodded through them just wanting them to be over.

I wish I could give the series a higher rating because I love the northern setting and the exploration of mental illness in a relationship. I was sorry to read the event of the first chapter of this one despite the lack of surprise due to the foreshadowing of another relationship throughout the series. I was also sorry to see Cardinal's past criminal act swept under the rug as the series progressed. If another book appears in the series I'll read it, but I wish the author would change his formula and keep his main characters involved throughout the book.

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Detective John Cardinal is on the hunt for an ingenious killer even as he mourns his own wife?s tragic death in this thriller of heart-stopping suspense Autumn has arrived in Algonquin Bay, and with it an unusual spate of suicides. The most shocking victim yet is Detective John Cardinal?s wife, who has finally succumbed to her battle with manic depression. As Cardinal takes time to grieve, his partner, Lise Delorme, handles an unsavory assignment: a young girl appears in a series of unspeakable photos being traded online, and background elements indicate she lives in Algonquin Bay. Delorme is desperate to find the girl before she suffers more abuse. When Cardinal receives a string of hateful anonymous notes about his wife?s death, he begins to suspect homicide. His colleagues believe he is too distraught to think clearly, and he?s forced to investigate alone. In doing so, he comes up against a brand of killer neither he?nor the reader?has ever seen before. In his most masterful and thrilling novel yet, Giles Blunt confirms his reputation as a rising international star in crime fiction, and positions Detective John Cardinal among the finest characters in the genre.

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