A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'Fiendish good fun' ANTHONY HOROWITZ If you want to get away with murder, play by the rules Years ago Malcolm Kershaw wrote a list of his 'Eight Favourite Murders' for his Old Devils mystery bookshop blog. Among others, it included those from Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Now, just before Christmas, Malcolm finds himself at the heart of an investigation - as an FBI agent believes someone may be re-enacting ... Read More
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'Fiendish good fun' ANTHONY HOROWITZ If you want to get away with murder, play by the rules Years ago Malcolm Kershaw wrote a list of his 'Eight Favourite Murders' for his Old Devils mystery bookshop blog. Among others, it included those from Agatha Christie's The ABC Murders, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train and Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Now, just before Christmas, Malcolm finds himself at the heart of an investigation - as an FBI agent believes someone may be re-enacting each of the murders on his list. Can the killer be stopped before they get away with eight perfect murders? 'An ingenious game of cat-and-mouse' The Times 'Never less than enthralling' Daily Mail 'Tremendously enjoyable' Sunday Mirror Read Less
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ââ?¬Ë?The thing is, and maybe Iââ?¬â?¢m biased by all those years Iââ?¬â?¢ve spent in fictional realms built on deceit, I donââ?¬â?¢t trust narrators any more than I trust the actual people in my life.ââ?¬â?¢
As some of you may know I�m a total bibliophile and I also love reading crime thrillers, so Rules for Perfect Murders/Eight Perfect Murders (I think it�s a UK/USA difference) sounded right up my street! The book focuses on 8 classic crime thrillers such as Ira Levin�s Death Trap and A. A. Milne's Red House Mystery. I was at a slight disadvantage here as I was only actually familiar with two of them: Agatha Christie�s A. B. C. Murders and Patricia Highsmith�s Strangers on a Train. The other ones do have their plots spelt out a number of times throughout the book though, so that doesn�t matter so much although perhaps best to avoid if you don�t want a few spoilers along the way!
Rules for Perfect Murders has one of the best uses of an unreliable narrator that I have read. I had started off at about 20% thinking smugly that I knew what the big twist would be at the end only for the author to show his hand early and then the twists just kept coming. It gets to the point where you honestly are unsure what is true or not which was done in a perfect way ââ?¬" not too frustrating and just enough of a reveal each time to keep you off balance. I was a little sad to see that Goodreads has this listed as ââ?¬Ë?Malcolm Kershaw #1ââ?¬â?¢ as I donââ?¬â?¢t think a sequel is needed but the author has clarified that this is a mistake so donââ?¬â?¢t be fooled ââ?¬" itââ?¬â?¢s a great standalone story.
My main problem with this book was that I actually found it quite unrealistic that even an FBI agent would make a link between these crimes and the plots of the stories. These are not straight up copycat killings and a few of the links are tenuous at best. For example, in the ABC murders the victims are chosen for having alliterated names that match the place they are killed in and the order descends through the alphabet (eg: Alice Ascher killed in Andover then Betty Barnard killed in Bexhill etc). The linked crime in this book however, is that the killer is killing victims with names that link to birds (Jay, Robin etc) and not even in alphabetical order. The other crimes are also oddly linked â�" I would have perhaps found it more realistic if the author had kept the crimes linked more faithfully to the books.
Overall, Rules for Perfect Murders is a perfect read for crime thriller fans and a great homage to the novels that kick-started the popularity in the genre. The narrative techniques displayed are clever and keep you guessing all the way to the end and beyond. Thank you to NetGalley & Faber & Faber for granting my wish and allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
