The Book With No Name

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

107 reviews
Sales Rank: 10619

Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9

ISBN: 1843172836
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
EAN: 9781843172833
ASIN: 1843172836

Publication Date: June 1, 2007
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Product Description
Detective Miles Jensen is called to the lawless town of Santa Mondega to investigate a spate of murders. This would all be quite ordinary in those rough streets, except that Jensen is the Chief Detective of Supernatural Investigations. The plot centres around a mysterious blue stone. This is a cinematic page-turner shot through with black humour.

Customer Reviews:

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Rollercoaster of great twists, events and addictive characters February 14, 2010
Ms. Rebecca S. Sweeney (London, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

An amazing read and I think this book has just become one of my favourites. An explosion of stirring twists and scenarios that literally left me biting my nails in anticipation and flicking the pages to get to the next chapter. After buying it without knowing much about the plot, I found it even more enjoyable and was happily surprised by the outcome of my buy. Organised chaos, absolutely loved every word.

5 out of 5 stars

Absolute lunacy! Awesome December 22, 2009
Iorek (Great Britain)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

For those of you who may be a little superstitious and have been disinclined to read this book due to the tag line "beware reader, .... this book will kill you". Dont worry! there are no chants or satanic verses that will will invoke the evil spirits and cause your death!!

Now to the story. "drug induced lunacy" as one critic described it!... Oh how true that is. In a good way of course. Lots of blood, guts, killings, shootings, dirty mexican (I think) bars, bounty hunters, monks, a hit man named ELVIS!, vampires, werewolves, mystery and intrigue. what more could you ask for in a book?!
Its most definately an easy read. Nothing that you need to rack you brains over. Nice short snappy chapters and the writing isnt exactly clever! But it describes what it needs to and gets staright to the point!
Its like a quentin tarantino film, on paper, for the 2000 generation!
Theres always a cliff hanger at the end of each chapter which is most definately what keeps the reader engaged in the book.
It is very graphic in a lot of its descriptions. And there is liberal use of the F word through out.
Its trashy and tacky, Brass and crass. But most definately an enjoyable read. Its one of those that you'll make time to read. Which is very rare for me

Overall: If your looking for an easy read with a non too serious story line, but a good plot, blood and guts, and cliff hangers at the end of each chapter. Then heres your man (book)!

Go on give it a try. You wont regret it !

(btw there is a lot of name dropping from many, many many popular films of recent times, which makes it even more funny!)

5 out of 5 stars

Surprising August 18, 2006
Neil Butler
131 out of 154 found this review helpful

It's fair to say that when my girlfriend gave me this as a present I wasn't best impressed. The plot suggests that everyone who reads the book ends up dead, so I thought she was trying to get rid of me in a particularly cowardly fashion. In fact maybe she was, I guess I'll never know. Fact of the matter is, I plucked up the guts to read it anyway, and it was good enough that I managed to persuade the girlfriend to read it too.
I'd be keen to know if the anonymous author is an established writer or a total nobody, but either way I'd happily buy another of his/her books. The story flows from the outset and the plot unravels at a rapid pace from about a third of the way in. There are some really original ideas in here, but this is definitely not to everyone's taste. There's a lot of bad language and some truly unpleasant characters. It's often hard to tell who the good guys are, because all of the characters have flaws. I often found myself rooting for characters who were liars, thieves or even murderers simply because they were somehow likeable. There's lots of references to films too, sometimes unneccessarily so, but often to humourous effect, although if you haven't seen the film(s) in question this could prove irritating. However, almost every chapter ends in a cliffhanger of some sort that make this book damn near impossible to put down. I read it in two days and I'm looking forward to reading it again to see if I can spot more of the clues I missed first time round. There are some really cool characters in The Book With No Name and it's them as much as the story that make this such an entertaining read. Not for the squeamish (or indeed those who fear they might be killed after reading it!!) but definitely one for anyone who likes a good murder mystery and a few laughs in amidst all the bloodshed. Of course you could just buy it for someone you don't like and then if they don't get killed you'll know it's safe to try it yourself!!

5 out of 5 stars

Awesome! October 17, 2007
SJSmith (UK)
30 out of 36 found this review helpful

`The Book With No Name' is such good fun to read. The beginning is a little confusing as you get to know all of the characters but it soon unleashes into a fabulous adventure. Vampires and demons abound in this quirky novel. I don't think you have to worry if you aren't into vampires as it's generally a good mystery.

The characters are too numerous to mention and revealing too much about them will spoil the plot. I think there is an element of `tongue-in-cheek' about the novel (but that could just be my take on it). I like everything about it, from the title page - `a novel (probably)' and to how it links in so well with the title throughout the novel. Having not read `The Da Vinci Code' I can't comment on whether, as the back of the book says, it is `Tarantino meets The Da Vinci Code' but I can vouch for the Tarantino bit. The official website is great and is worth checking out. If you have a look at the website you'll see the characters have myspace pages!!! lol!!!

It truly is a great adventure and I was disappointed when I had finished the novel. The precious stone that they are chasing is steeped in mythological and biblical references and there are heaps of film references throughout the novel - only a few of which I could identify. My favourite character was Jessica; there was just so much about her.

This is a writer who can use literary tools to hook a reader and keep them motivated and intrigued throughout without overloading us with all the conventions. A brilliant read which I hope you enjoy as much as I have.

5 out of 5 stars

excellent July 5, 2010
emma
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

book came in good condition and was a pleasure to read which all books were like this, read it in one sitting :)

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