The Book of Murder Audiobook

" This is an engaging mystery--a quick yet suspenseful read. "

" This is an intriguing, twisty plot contained in a small book. While it sometimes turns itself around one too many times and loses its momentum, it is a good read and I recommend it. "

" Fun read . "

" An good story with an ambiguous ending. Something could have been lost in the translation. But overall, not bad. "

" I picked this book up at the Dollar Tree after seeing the notation that the author wrote a book titled "The Oxford Murders" which is movie I saw awhile ago and wouldn't mind seeing again. This is a fun little thriller written by an author with a PhD in math. This book ties in a look at random chance and cause and effect scenarios with a story of one woman's life as seen through anothers eyes. I am definitely glad I did not pay full price for this book, but it was a good quick afternoon read. "

" Luciana, who worked as a transcriber for two authors as a young woman, calls one of them up 10 years later (our unnamed narrator) with a tale of how the other author, Kloster, is slowly killing off her family and friends. She feels he is doing it as revenge for the death of his daughter, that he somehow blames Luciana for this. But the deaths all seem accidental or unrelated to Kloster. Is Luciana going mad, or is there something behind her story? Book kept me hooked, but fell flat -- very flat -- with the ending. "

" Not a clues-and-floorplan murder mystery. Flirts with the twilight zone genre but the ending is sadly flat. Funny in parts, not bad overall. "

" An intense, gripping read. It's always nice to read a book set in another country by an author of that country, rather than someone trying to imitate it, like a lot of the "British" mysteries these days. "

" I tried, too much yada yada, not enough suspense. gave it up. "

" Excellent. Original. Better than his first book, the Oxford Murders. "

" Good, creepy mystery thriller. Translated from Spanish. Very original "

" More of a philosophy story than a murder mystery. It definitely makes you think. The ending makes me shudder with disgust. "

" Good enough airplane mystery, though it gets a bit loopy at the end. "

" Argentinian author Guillermo Martinez has written a terrific psychological thriller. I listened to this one on audio CD and loved it. Mounting tension, murder, tragedy, revenge and madness - this book has it all. Looking forward to reading his earlier work. "

" Guillermo Martinez's books are unique, almost to the point of being experimental--this book is as spare and elegant as any I've read. Fast and fun to read. After this I went back and read every backlist title I could find. HIghly recommended. "

" I loved his book The Oxford Murders, but found this one dull. "

" I wanted to give it four stars, but the denouement really can't match the first 2/3 of the book. Still, it's a quick, chilling read, and good enough I'm excited to read another by this author. "

" I read the book in Spanish and I think it was good. But the main reason I read it was to practice my Spanish :) "

" I wavered between 3 and 4 stars, this is really a 3.5 star book. Clever plot as you know who did it from the beginning but you just don't know how and this will keep you turning those pages until you do. "

" Quick read. I read it in less than a day. But a fun read. "

" I enjoyed the first half of this book much more than I did the second. It was a well written book and an interesting read, but in the end I was somewhat luke-warm on it. "

" Good enough airplane mystery, though it gets a bit loopy at the end. "

" This is an engaging mystery--a quick yet suspenseful read. "

" I did not enjoy this one as much as The Oxford Murders - were they murders or not? Was he evil? Too many loose ends for my liking. "

" What is it about South American male authors? Women are not part of real life, something to write about, but nothing to really interact with. This one was too voyeuristic for me. "

" far surpasses the drudgery and tedium of similar books like Shadow of the Wind and the 351 book so of Irma Arcuri (that second title is off, but i forget the name). "

" This book was wll written and quite engaging. I really got pulled in at the beginning but I must admit I didn't quite feel fulfilled at the end. "

" Excellent. Original. Better than his first book, the Oxford Murders. "

" More of a philosophy story than a murder mystery. It definitely makes you think. The ending makes me shudder with disgust. "

" Good, creepy mystery thriller. Translated from Spanish. Very original "

" I always read a mystery at the cabin, and I prefer them to be engrossing and marginally well-written. This sufficed, but it only took about 4 hours to read and it was a 4-day trip. Plus the ending was kind of lame. Cool characters, though. "