Martin Misunderstood
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Publisher Description
‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ TESS GERRITSEN
‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ MICHAEL CONNELLY
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A darkly comic tale about Mr Less-Than-Average in an average world from the No. 1 Bestseller.
Crime fiction obsessive Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone's jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his cantankerous mother, he has become resigned to the world in which he lives - the school bullies now pick on him in the workplace, women still spurn him and his arch enemy is now his supervisor.
But then he arrives at work one morning to find the police on site. A co-worker has been brutally murdered and her body abandoned in a ditch. And the overwhelming evidence points to Martin - especially when he can't or won't admit that he has an alibi.
When a second victim is found in the company bathroom, things really conspire against Martin. The one bright star on his otherwise bleak horizon is the beautiful and sympathetic Detective Anther Albada, but even she's beginning to have her doubts about his innocence. Could Martin be guilty? Or is he just misunderstood?
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Crime and thriller masters know there’s nothing better than a little Slaughter:
‘I’d follow her anywhere’ GILLIAN FLYNN
‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ LEE CHILD
‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ KATHY REICHS
‘Fiction doesn't get any better than this’ JEFFERY DEAVER
‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ PETER JAMES
‘Raw, powerful and utterly gripping’ KATHRYN STOCKETT
‘With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last’ CAMILLA LACKBERG
‘Amongst the world‘s greatest and finest crime writers’ YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR
Customer Reviews
Martin Misunderstanding
I stuck with it, as the skilful observational humour had me chuckling in appreciation at the author’s style ; but I actually found the subject matter and crude details quite offensive (and no, I’m by no means unworldly !), but not what counts as engrossing reading for entertainment.
Felt huge sympathy and empathy for poor Martin, with his obnoxious mother. But again, her vile traits were alarmingly (!) portrayed.
The strangest story ever, a crimecom?
This short story which I read in one day was most weird.
I skipped a lot of the passages and tried to concentrate on the story on hand. I understand this book is a deviation from her normal stuff, so I’ll give one of her novels a go anyway.