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Chargement... Death Shall Comepar Simon R. Green
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. If you have read the previous Ishmael Jones novels, there is nothing new for you here - but if you liked those novels, that fact is not a bad one. Here the theme is a bit Egyptian. We learn more about The Colonel - but also, what we learn gets repetitive. We are told nearly on every page that the Colonel is "military." Now, there was one small segment in chapter seven that was actually tense/scary. Otherwise a familiar, but yet still enjoyable entertainment. Ishmael Jones is asked as a favour by the Colonel, working for the same Organisation, to spend the weekend at Cardavan house where a recently discovered mummy would be on display. Then the murders start. A murder mystery with a twist of supernatural/alien content which although was interesting enough for me to read to the end, the plot and the characters really didn't engage me. A NetGalley Book This book took a few big steps forward with the lead characters. I've read the Ishmael Jones books and I think this one took the character somewhere it needed to go. The story acknowledges that maybe the manor house mystery is getting repetitive. but that's alright. By introducing a new extension into the leads background that opens the door for a new set of problems. Keeping the bigger picture going is why I liked this book. The rest was good while not overhauling anything that came before in previous books. It was what I've come to expect from the author so it was worth reading. I read this book via NetGalley. I thank them for this book. #NetGalley Death Shall Come (Ishmael Jones #4) by Simon R. Green I have always been a fan of this author but somehow missed this series of his. I didn't read the previous books but was able to jump right in and not get lost. A great supernatural mystery with mummies, archeology intrigue, and rich family tensions. Ishmael and Penny are there to help sort things out. Fun read! Ishmael is literally out of this world!😉! aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been summoned to remote Cardavan House, home of the world's largest private collection of Ancient Egyptian artefacts, for the unveiling of George Cardavan's latest acquisition: a bone fide Egyptian mummy. When a bloodstained body is discovered beside the empty sarcophagus, Ishmael is dismissive of the theory that the mummy's curse is to blame. Instead he sets out to uncover the human killer responsible. But how can Ishmael explain the strange, shuffling footsteps that creep along the corridors? Who is playing games with them ... and why?"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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However, there are things I liked about the book, like Penny's love for mummy movies (I love the Mummy movies with Brendan Fraser too) and her comments about shuffling footsteps in the corridors were amusing. Unfortunately, that was pretty much the only amusing comments in the book. I would have loved some more banter between Ishmael and Penny. It was also interesting to get some more information about Ishmael's past.
Death Shall Come is not a bad book. Just not my favorite in the series and I hoped the next one will be a lot better!
I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review! ( )