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The Smiling Man (2018)

par Joseph Knox

Séries: Aidan Waits (2)

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Aidan Waits is back on the night shift, the Manchester PD dumping ground for those too screwed-up for more glamorous work. But the monotony of petty crimes and lonesome nights is shattered when he and his partner are called to investigate a break-in at The Palace, an immense, empty hotel in the center of the city. There they find the body of a man. He is dead. The tags have been cut from his clothes, his teeth have been filed down, and even his fingertips have been replaced... And he is smiling. But as Waits begins to unravel the mystery of the smiling man, he becomes a target. Someone wants very badly to make this case disappear, and as their threats escalate, Aidan realizes that the answers may lie not only with the wealthy families and organized criminals connected to the Palace, but with a far greater evil from his own past. To discover the smiling man's identity, he must finally confront his own.… (plus d'informations)
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I am not sure how this book got so many 5 star reviews. The author can definitely write interesting characters but the story in this case was the downfall it took forever to develop, there were too many unneeded details that ultimately had no bearing on the story, and the intertwining of 3 storylines doesn’t really come together.
Yeah this book was well written but the story or more accurate the stories just weren’t told well nor were they that interesting, so the book just dragged on. ( )
  zmagic69 | Mar 31, 2023 |
Detective Aidan Waits und sein Kollege Detective Inspector Sutcliffe werden zu einem Einbruch ins Hotel „The Palace“ gerufen, da dort ein Einbruch stattgefunden haben soll. Das Hotel steht zum Verkauf und beherbergt daher keine Gäste. Doch dann findet Waits den Nachtwächter, der ausgeknockt wurde und im Zimmer 413 einen Toten. Der Tote lächelt. Wer ist dieser Mann? Was wollte er im Hotel? Was ist die Todesursache? Die Obduktion hilft auch nicht wirklich weiter, denn der Tote wurde chirurgisch behandelt und macht so eine Identifizierung unmöglich.
Der Schreibstil ist gut zu lesen und der Thriller sehr spannend. Wir betrachten alles aus der Sicht des Ich-Erzählers Aidan Waits und sind daher sehr nah dran.
Dies ist der nach „Dreckiger Schnee“ der zweite Band mit Detective Aidan Waits. Den Vorgängerband habe ich allerdings nicht gelesen. Waits ist ein sehr spezieller Typ, den seine Vergangenheit nicht loslässt. Er ist nicht sonderlich beliebt bei Kollegen und Vorgesetzten. Nachdem man ihm wegen seiner Eskapaden im Dienstgrad zurückgestuft hat, muss er sich nun nachts seinen Dienst mit dem Kollegen Sutcliffe absolvieren. Waits ist nicht unbedingt jemand, der sympathisch rüberkommt. Seine Drogen sucht hat er zwar überwunden, dem Alkohol ist er aber immer noch zugeneigt. Seinen Launen sind auch nicht einfach zu ertragen. Doch Waits ist hartnäckig, wenn er einen Fall aufklären möchte und dann ist es ihm egal, wenn er jemandem auf die Füße tritt. Sutty ist auch nicht beliebt, trotzdem läuft es nicht zwischen Waits und Sutty.
Es ist ein düsterer und sehr spannender Thriller. ( )
  buecherwurm1310 | Nov 19, 2019 |
Excellent. Great characterization, fascinating main protagonist, vivid scene-setting, page-turning plot. Great noir crime novel. ( )
  malcrf | Apr 20, 2019 |
The Smiling Man by Joseph Knox is the second mystery in the Detective Aidan Waits series. The detective has been assigned to nightshift duty due to previous problems with drug abuse and temper control. His senior partner is Sutty Sutcliffe, who is putting up with him until he either quits or gets fired. Nothing good is expected from Aidan Waits. The pair are called to answer a break-in alarm at an empty hotel in Manchester. Upon investigation, the detectives find an unconscious security guard and a dead body in one of the rooms. The body was dressed in clothing without labels, his fingerprints and teeth had been removed and the corpse was smiling. The identity of this man seems impossible to establish. Aidan Waits, who is expected to self-destruct anyways, takes on the case with great interest and drive. There are numerous characters in this book but the story is fascinating to follow. You will never be able to predict what is on the next page. I also look forward to reading Sirens, the first in the series by Joseph Knox. Pick up a copy of The Smiling Man and settle in for a great read. Thank you to Crown Publishing and NetGalley for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  carole888fort | Feb 18, 2019 |
The Smiling Man was a pretty good detective story/mystery....Aidan is a hard boiled and flawed police detective being punished by working the night shift with a less then congenial partner....when a murder turns up in a deserted hotel, Aidan fights many obstacles to solve the mystery of the Smiling Man...this becomes interwoven with the story of a monster from Aidan's past who threatens his few threads of family left....I look forward to future Aidan Waits mysteries. I needed to get up early in the morning to see "who done it"!! Won this book on Good Reads.....thank you Good Reads... (less)

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Aidan Waits is back on the night shift, the Manchester PD dumping ground for those too screwed-up for more glamorous work. But the monotony of petty crimes and lonesome nights is shattered when he and his partner are called to investigate a break-in at The Palace, an immense, empty hotel in the center of the city. There they find the body of a man. He is dead. The tags have been cut from his clothes, his teeth have been filed down, and even his fingertips have been replaced... And he is smiling. But as Waits begins to unravel the mystery of the smiling man, he becomes a target. Someone wants very badly to make this case disappear, and as their threats escalate, Aidan realizes that the answers may lie not only with the wealthy families and organized criminals connected to the Palace, but with a far greater evil from his own past. To discover the smiling man's identity, he must finally confront his own.

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