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| Original Title: | A Quiet Belief in Angels |
| ISBN: | 0752882635 (ISBN13: 9780752882635) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Barry Award Nominee for Best British Crime Novel (2008), Dilys Award Nominee (2010), Prix des lecteurs du Livre de Poche for Choix des libraires (2010) |
R.J. Ellory
Paperback | Pages: 406 pages Rating: 3.84 | 5532 Users | 595 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Quiet Belief in Angels |
| Author | : | R.J. Ellory |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 406 pages |
| Published | : | December 27th 2007 by Orion (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. Thriller. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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Joseph Vaughan's life has been dogged by tragedy. Growing up in the 1950s, he was at the centre of series of killings of young girls in his small rural community. The girls were taken, assaulted and left horribly mutilated. Barely a teenager himself, Joseph becomes determined to try to protect his community and classmates from the predations of the killer. Despite banding together with his friends as ' The Guardians', he was powerless to prevent more murders - and no one was ever caught. Only after a full ten years did the nightmare end when the one of his neighbours is found hanging from a rope, with articles from the dead girls around him. Thankfully, the killings finally ceased. But the past won't stay buried - for it seems that the real murderer still lives and is killing again. And the secret of his identity lies in Joseph's own history...Rating Out Of Books A Quiet Belief in Angels
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This book is in a class all by itself. A mixture of horror, drama, romance, mystery; I just can't catergorize it. Ellory deserves to be among the great classic authors, the one who comes to mind is Steinbeck. The story is told through the eyes of Joseph Vaughan, a Georgia boy who grows up among the shadows of a serial killer who rapes, tortures and then tears apart little girls. Yes, it's disturbing, yes, it's gruesome and dark, but it's told with such beauty that even the most darkest of scenesFinally! I have finished this book. I thought I never would. It's SOOO slow-moving, but the prose is just brilliant. It reads like an enchanting, on-going poem. Don't read it for the story, read it for the words, because the latter far surpasses the former. However it is a good story as well, slightly marred by the fact that there was no mystery in it for me as two of my relatives let slip the murderer's name in front of me before I started reading. People like that should be hanged. But even
This wouldnt have been a bad crime thriller, had it not been ruined by the authors apparent belief that hes a much better writer than he actually is. He aims for the lyrical and poetic and falls flat because he doesnt apparently understand the value of restraint or economy, and that constant repetition of an idea will diminish its impact. I suspect that many editors today arent ruthless enough, and are too ready to swallow their authors self-hyping. A good editor might have suggested that Mr
The beginning of this story had me laughing out loud, and the dialog reminded me of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Remember the laxative Serutan, Natures spelled backwards was the ad? I do. He throws a little story about a man that liked the taste of Serutan and drank it all the time.The author imagines the dead girls singing - "Two-six-nine...the goose drank wine..the monkey chewed tobacco on the streetcar line...the line got broke...the mon-key choked...they all went to Heaven in a little
I enjoyed it. Bit different, gripping too. Wanted to know what was going to happen next. Not predictable either. And, without giving anything away, wasn't really religious, despite the title (thank goodness!).
When I first started reading R.J.Ellorys, A Quiet Belief in Angels, I thought, "This is a con.....this can't be right.....this is a joke!" I was convinced I was reading the works of the Master, Steinbeck.Right from the opening lines, Ellory had me drawn in, taken under the influence of, and then totally intoxicated by his verbal skills and mastery over phrase, paragraph and perfect prose.Sat at my window, chin almost touching the sill, and looked out into the night. Sky as hard as flint, the
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