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rosieclaverton's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this book, but it didn't particularly do anything new in my opinion. The psychological aspects were only given surface attention and when the opportunity arose to analyse the killer, the detectives chose to disregard him as "a nutcase".
agray0483's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
samharnold's review against another edition
3.0
This is a debut novel by the writer and centres around two main detectives working a serial killer case in Liverpool. The references to Liverpool makes this book for anyone who has knowledge of the area.
This book is well written and the story premise is thrilling and terrifying all in one. I however, found this a little slow to start. Personally I like my crime novels to start with a bang and include a little more gore and description. There are parts later on that clearly make up for the lack of gore at the beginning. Although this was a well written book I found that I never got in to the 'I can't put this down stage.' Although I enjoyed reading it I had to make myself pick it back up once I had put it down. I believe my main problem with this book was that I did not really relate to the main character in the book.
I found this slow in places and hard to get into although I am sure that as the writer develops his lead detectives this may change and result in a good crime series. At present I will reserve judgement on this until I read the next in the series.
This book is well written and the story premise is thrilling and terrifying all in one. I however, found this a little slow to start. Personally I like my crime novels to start with a bang and include a little more gore and description. There are parts later on that clearly make up for the lack of gore at the beginning. Although this was a well written book I found that I never got in to the 'I can't put this down stage.' Although I enjoyed reading it I had to make myself pick it back up once I had put it down. I believe my main problem with this book was that I did not really relate to the main character in the book.
I found this slow in places and hard to get into although I am sure that as the writer develops his lead detectives this may change and result in a good crime series. At present I will reserve judgement on this until I read the next in the series.
georgilvsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Even when I thought I knew who the killer was... I was wrong. When you find out who the killer is... There is a twist to it all. Really good read, kept you guessing till the very end. Brilliant book.
bushph's review against another edition
3.0
*** You can also find this review on my blog! ***
Dead gone is the first book in a the new DI Murphy and DS Rossi series by Luca Veste. It’s set in Liverpool which is great – I’m loving reading UK based crime novels over the US based ones recently and it’s great seeing more UK based crime novels popping up everywhere!
As mentioned above, this is set in Liverpool and follows Rossi and Murphy’s investigation into a psychopathic serial killer who is killing people who have some connection to the University. I really enjoyed how psychology was included in the novel and the killings and Veste really used his background in that area well in the Novel. Veste studied Psychology and Criminology at the University of Liverpool and I think his knowledge really translated well into this plotline and didn’t feel like it was shoved in the plotline just for the sake of including some cool psychology stuff.
I’m still 100% sure how I feel about Murphy as a character. You find out that he’s had a really difficult time this past year and has a lot of demons to deal with, which definitely show a vulnerable side to him which was nice to see. However, he outright dismisses a letter attached to the victim in order to pursue a completely different lead and says that it’s to lead the investigation in the wrong direction which really put me off him. I would have preferred if we had more character development for DS Brannon as he’s mentioned a few times as someone who you wouldn’t really want to work with and you get the impression that he’s a massive tool but I felt like I would have liked a little bit more info on his character. I did like Rossi however and it was great to see a strong female woman who really complimented Murphy and his way of working.
I do think I maybe didn’t enjoy this as much as I could as I read this during a week when I was very busy and I was grabbing paragraphs to read here and there and I was distracted. I’m definitely going to be picking up and reading the next book in this series and I’m looking forward to reading more of Luca Veste’s work!
Dead gone is the first book in a the new DI Murphy and DS Rossi series by Luca Veste. It’s set in Liverpool which is great – I’m loving reading UK based crime novels over the US based ones recently and it’s great seeing more UK based crime novels popping up everywhere!
As mentioned above, this is set in Liverpool and follows Rossi and Murphy’s investigation into a psychopathic serial killer who is killing people who have some connection to the University. I really enjoyed how psychology was included in the novel and the killings and Veste really used his background in that area well in the Novel. Veste studied Psychology and Criminology at the University of Liverpool and I think his knowledge really translated well into this plotline and didn’t feel like it was shoved in the plotline just for the sake of including some cool psychology stuff.
I’m still 100% sure how I feel about Murphy as a character. You find out that he’s had a really difficult time this past year and has a lot of demons to deal with, which definitely show a vulnerable side to him which was nice to see. However, he outright dismisses a letter attached to the victim in order to pursue a completely different lead and says that it’s to lead the investigation in the wrong direction which really put me off him. I would have preferred if we had more character development for DS Brannon as he’s mentioned a few times as someone who you wouldn’t really want to work with and you get the impression that he’s a massive tool but I felt like I would have liked a little bit more info on his character. I did like Rossi however and it was great to see a strong female woman who really complimented Murphy and his way of working.
I do think I maybe didn’t enjoy this as much as I could as I read this during a week when I was very busy and I was grabbing paragraphs to read here and there and I was distracted. I’m definitely going to be picking up and reading the next book in this series and I’m looking forward to reading more of Luca Veste’s work!
butterfly2507's review against another edition
3.0
3,5 Sterne!
Ich fand das Buch eigentlich ganz gut, mir hat nur ein bisschen was gefehlt. Was, weiß ich nicht. Nichtsdestotrotz fand ich es sehr spannend und konnte es bis zum Schluss nicht weglegen :) Bitte mehr!
Ich fand das Buch eigentlich ganz gut, mir hat nur ein bisschen was gefehlt. Was, weiß ich nicht. Nichtsdestotrotz fand ich es sehr spannend und konnte es bis zum Schluss nicht weglegen :) Bitte mehr!
dagsjt's review against another edition
3.0
I really wanted to give this 3.5 stars as it was a good book but it did get a little annoying at times. The writing style where the author would mention a "significant" sentence on a separate line got a little tedious quickly although not as quickly as the constant referrals to every single street that the scene was taking place in.
I grew up in Liverpool so at first, it was nice to actually know where the story was occurring. But it just felt too much like it was "Liverpool this, Liverpool that" even going so far as mentioning purple bins. In-jokes etc are fine on the odd occasion but I feel like it would alienate any readers not from the area.
I'll certainly check out more of Luca's books as I really enjoyed the killer's chapters although not so much Murphy and Rossi's. Murphy's backstory got a little tiresome and felt too much "woe is me" before long.
But as I said earlier, 3.5 stars and I'll be keeping my eye out for more of Luca's books.
I grew up in Liverpool so at first, it was nice to actually know where the story was occurring. But it just felt too much like it was "Liverpool this, Liverpool that" even going so far as mentioning purple bins. In-jokes etc are fine on the odd occasion but I feel like it would alienate any readers not from the area.
I'll certainly check out more of Luca's books as I really enjoyed the killer's chapters although not so much Murphy and Rossi's. Murphy's backstory got a little tiresome and felt too much "woe is me" before long.
But as I said earlier, 3.5 stars and I'll be keeping my eye out for more of Luca's books.
suzy1131's review against another edition
2.0
I listened to the audio book and did not enjoy it at all. It was so disturbing. The book might be more palatable in its print version.
myrdyr's review against another edition
2.0
I couldn't get into it, so I stopped reading it around page 116.