The Echo Audiobook

" Not my favorite Minette Walters book. The overlapping plots were just a bit too much and not believable at all. I liked the Billy Blake character a lot and the friendships that get formed later in the novel, but the mystery portion of it was a bit too confusing and then came out with a series of tidy coincidences that kind of left me feeling cheated. The novel is about a couple of missing persons who were related to huge frauds and how their stories resurface when a homeless man is found in a woman's garage having starved himself to death. The journalist tries to be a bit Sam Spade-esque and doesn't really make it. "

" When on holidays I like to read books that require little work on my part. Although I liked the storyline, there was some confusion for me with some of the characters. "

" Interesting story but a little complicated to understand all the characters and the story line at times. "

" Took me a while to get into the book but got much better after about 100 pages "

" Echos of Agatha Christie and P D James. Walters has won all the British Crime and Mystery writer's awards. "The Echo" may not be her best but I guarantee, once started, you won't discard it. "

" the male misfits making friends is good. it's a slower paced read than some but a good read just the same "

" Quite a good mystery, which only barely steers clear of making the ending a tidy one. How very typical of British murder mysteries these days. "

" I chose this book due to the fact that I was at the library with a list of potentially entertaing authors and two I had chosen had 'Echo' in the title, so I picked this one up on a whim, and it ended up being a quite delightful surprise and my favorite of the three books I chose. "

" For me, at least, this was too complicated, filled with too many characters I couldn't relate to or begin to keep up with, to be an enjoyable read. "

" Language! And the plot was a little to convoluted for me. Not something I'd recommend "

" A crazy chain of (mostly) awful events. I liked this book less than 'The Shape of Snakes'. "

" A good read if you want entertaining! Hilarious exchanges between the various male characters in the book and enough going on to get through the story very rapidly. "

" Classic airline fare. Nothing spectacular but a quick easy read that will entertain you for three to four hours. 2 1/2 stars. "

" Very good books. Sort of psychological mysteries, and the "detectives" are generally as flawed as the "criminals." Not traditional, and well-written. I'm really enjoying all of them. "

" Minette Walters is one of my favorite creepy writers. "

" I'm working on this one. Minette Walters books can be confusing and difficult to keep straight. People keep popping up who have not been mentioned before and I'm having difficulty keeping up. BUT still trudging through. "

" Hard to put down thriller... Riveting! "

" I got this from the library to listen to while I sew. I hadn't read a book by this author in a while and really enjoyed it. I would consider it a mystery/drama, since it is not your typical who-done-it. It had interesting/realistic characters and the story kept you wanting to know more. "

" The first "Queens of crime" type book I've read in a long long time, more a mystery with elements of character study than an action piece, and in the end it falls flat cos the mystery turns out to be kinda humdrum. Richard Price & Jim Thompson are my guys. Not much more to be said. "

" Um thriller psicológico de grande qualidade! ( Ecos na Sombra ) "

" I got this from the library to listen to while I sew. I hadn't read a book by this author in a while and really enjoyed it. I would consider it a mystery/drama, since it is not your typical who-done-it. It had interesting/realistic characters and the story kept you wanting to know more. "

" For me, at least, this was too complicated, filled with too many characters I couldn't relate to or begin to keep up with, to be an enjoyable read. "

" Very good books. Sort of psychological mysteries, and the "detectives" are generally as flawed as the "criminals." Not traditional, and well-written. I'm really enjoying all of them. "

" I'm working on this one. Minette Walters books can be confusing and difficult to keep straight. People keep popping up who have not been mentioned before and I'm having difficulty keeping up. BUT still trudging through. "

" an even more ambiguous ending, starts with man in garage <br/> "

" I still think The Ice House is her best book, but this one was pretty good. "

" An interesting story but the plot is somewhat convoluted. "

" Language! And the plot was a little to convoluted for me. Not something I'd recommend "

" Quite a good mystery, which only barely steers clear of making the ending a tidy one. How very typical of British murder mysteries these days. "