Chris Ewan's Safe House "is an exciting, well crafted thriller, with flashes of real humour and insight
Chris Ewan's Safe House "is an exciting, well crafted thriller, with flashes of real humour and insight. Usually, when a book uses the first person, a tacit agreement exists whereby the reader comes to know things solely via the narrator, and such a book tends to remain in first person for the duration. But having finished the book, and enjoying it overall, I think I better understand why Ewan uses both first and third person to make the story work the way it does.
Chris Ewan's Safe House "is an exciting, well crafted thriller, with flashes of real humour and insight. Another book that had such a promising beginning, but ultimately wound up being a disappointment. This book has a wonderful setting, the Isle of Man, enjoyable main characters, and a dog called Rocky.
Chris Ewan places highly with his new mystery Safe House, which utilizes the Isle of Man's famous Tourist Trophy heritage. Rob is a heating tradesman who just wants to joyride with the new blonde he meets at his latest assignment. But an accident foils this love connection
Chris Ewan places highly with his new mystery Safe House, which utilizes the Isle of Man's famous Tourist Trophy heritage. But an accident foils this love connection. From the moment the pair is separated mysteriously by paramedics, Rob's life will be anything but mundane. Questions begin to stack up, keeping pace with the bodily injuries. What became of that blonde, whom no one else saw? Why are the local police so vehemently opposed to investigate not just this accident, but.
Chris Ewan is the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of many mystery and thriller novels. His work has been called truly compelling (Daily Express), chilling and thoroughly enjoyable (Observer) and outstanding (US Publishers Weekly), and his books have been hailed as popular fiction at its best (The Spectator) and crime writing at its best (Sydney Morning Herald). Ewan, his latest thriller is A WINDOW BREAKS. Receive your FREE copy of THE GOOD THIEF'S GUIDE TO MURDER when you join today! Sign-Up.
A Note on the Isle of Man. I don’t remember much.
Minotaur Books elevated the everyman thriller into a compelling, contemporary read. Safe House is an exciting, well crafted thriller, with flashes of real humour and insight. SJ Bolton on Safe House. Taut plotting adds substance t. .Publishers Weekly (starred) on The Good Thief's Guide to Venice.
Chris Ewan (born 6 October 1976) is a British crime and mystery writer. Ewan's thriller Safe House, set on the Isle of Man, has sold over 500,000 copies and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. He is best known for his "Good Thief" series of travelling adventures featuring Charlie Howard, a thief and author of his own crime series. Ewan was born in Taunton, Somerset, and lived on the Isle of Man with his family before moving back to Somerset .
Safe House: A Thriller. Chris Ewan's Safe House "is an exciting, well crafted thriller, with flashes of real humour and insight. Safe House - Chris Ewan. A brilliant thriller from the author of the acclaimed Good Thief's Guide series asks, how can a beautiful woman simply vanish? When Rob Hale wakes up in a hospital after a motorcycle crash, his first thought is for the gorgeous blonde, Lena, who was on the back of his bike. Read on the Scribd mobile app. Download the free Scribd mobile app to read anytime, anywhere.
A brilliant thriller from the author of the acclaimed Good Thief's Guide series asks, how can a beautiful woman simply vanish?
When Rob Hale wakes up in a hospital after a motorcycle crash, his first thought is for the gorgeous blonde, Lena, who was on the back of his bike. The doctors and police, however, insist that he was alone at the scene. The shock of the accident must have made him imagine Lena, especially since his description of her resembles his late sister, Laura.
Convinced that Lena is as real as he is, Rob teams up with Rebecca Lewis, a London-based PI who has a mysterious connection to Laura―and learns that even a close-knit community like the Isle of Man can hide dangerous secrets that will not stay safe forever.
Chris Ewan's Safe House "is an exciting, well crafted thriller, with flashes of real humour and insight." (SJ Bolton).