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Blackout
In a spectacular storm, homicide cop Gregory Samsa's car skids across a flooded field and overturns. Gregory Samsa survives. His passenger doesn't. But instead of reporting the accident, in a frenzied panic Samsa drags his passenger to a lonely place and buries her. He has his reputation to think about, his career, his daughter.
432 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2012
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Campbell Armstrong
43 books20 followersaka Thomas Altman, Campbell Black, Jeffrey Campbell (with Jeffrey Caine), Thomas Weldon
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Campbell Armstrong got a degree in philosophy before taking a position teaching creating writing. After his excellent series about counterterrorism expert Frank Pagan, Mr. Armstrong has written several compelling novels of crime and life in his native Glasgow.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Campbell Armstrong got a degree in philosophy before taking a position teaching creating writing. After his excellent series about counterterrorism expert Frank Pagan, Mr. Armstrong has written several compelling novels of crime and life in his native Glasgow.
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June 20, 2017
It wasn't too bad, got a bit boring and longwinded though
March 6, 2018
(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)
During a torrential rainstorm, Gregory Samsa crashes his car into a tree. While he escapes with only a few scrapes, the passenger sitting next to him, a prostitute named Almond, does not survive. Samsa is a cop, and he knows he should call an ambulance and report the accident—but the truth is too ugly to reveal. He buries Almond in the woods and tries to get on with his life. But his life could be coming to an end sooner than he thinks.
When the young woman’s body is found, Samsa is the cop who catches the case. A moment of moral weakness has condemned him to a spiral of deception and guilt, but it could mean far worse—for there are dangerous men out there who want to know what happened that night in the rain.
Once upon a time, Campbell Armstrong was a go-to author for me. Jig has to be one of the better thriller novels written, so when I saw there was a new book to go and check out, I thought I would love to see what he is writing nowadays...
It isn't often when you say that a 230-page novel is too long. I really think a novella would have been a better format for this story. Wasn't suspenseful or gripping in the slightest. Lost any hope of that with the long-winded passages of nothingness...
Paul
ARH
During a torrential rainstorm, Gregory Samsa crashes his car into a tree. While he escapes with only a few scrapes, the passenger sitting next to him, a prostitute named Almond, does not survive. Samsa is a cop, and he knows he should call an ambulance and report the accident—but the truth is too ugly to reveal. He buries Almond in the woods and tries to get on with his life. But his life could be coming to an end sooner than he thinks.
When the young woman’s body is found, Samsa is the cop who catches the case. A moment of moral weakness has condemned him to a spiral of deception and guilt, but it could mean far worse—for there are dangerous men out there who want to know what happened that night in the rain.
Once upon a time, Campbell Armstrong was a go-to author for me. Jig has to be one of the better thriller novels written, so when I saw there was a new book to go and check out, I thought I would love to see what he is writing nowadays...
It isn't often when you say that a 230-page novel is too long. I really think a novella would have been a better format for this story. Wasn't suspenseful or gripping in the slightest. Lost any hope of that with the long-winded passages of nothingness...
Paul
ARH
August 16, 2015
What happens when a good person does a bad thing? A split second is all it takes to change a life, a decision made in a moment that sets in motion a chain of events leading to darkness beyond imagination. Gregory Samsa has a daughter he adores, a career he loves and is good at, and believes himself to be a good man. But everything he thinks he knows changes in one night, and nothing can ever be the same again...
Campbell Armstrong is the author of Jig, which I consider amongst my favourite books, so I was keen to read this new book when I saw it on NetGalley. I wasn't disappointed. Although it begins slowly, the story builds to an exciting climax and I didn't know what the outcome would be until the very last page, by which time I was on the edge of my seat and turning the pages as fast as I could!
Campbell Armstrong is the author of Jig, which I consider amongst my favourite books, so I was keen to read this new book when I saw it on NetGalley. I wasn't disappointed. Although it begins slowly, the story builds to an exciting climax and I didn't know what the outcome would be until the very last page, by which time I was on the edge of my seat and turning the pages as fast as I could!
never-finished
October 4, 2015Unfortunately, I struggled to stay interested in this book. Decided to put it down and come back to it when I had the time and energy to invest in finishing it.
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