Nightfall
(Nightingale: Book One) Stephen Leather
“You're going to
hell, Jack Nightingale.”
These are the words
that ended Jack Nightingale's career as a police negotiator. Now a struggling
private detective, the chilling words return with a vengeance when Jack
inherits a mansion with a priceless library—and a terrifying warning from a man
who claims to be his father.
Nightingale quickly
learns his soul was sold at birth and a devil will come to claim it on his
thirty-third birthday, which is just three short weeks away. It’s a hard pill
to swallow. He doesn't believe in Hell and probably doesn't believe in Heaven
either. But when people close to him start to die horribly, he is led to the
inescapable conclusion that real evil may be at work. And if he doesn't find a
way out, he'll be damned for eternity.
Dripping with
brooding intensity, unrelenting suspense, and surprising wit, United Kingdom
thriller master Stephen Leather’s first book in the Nightingale series is a
riveting, heart-stopping mystery with extraordinary range and power.
I am going to get right to the point, this wasn't the
book for me. The blurb sounded right up my alley, but the writing style was
not. The premise for the story is solid and interesting, and the technical
aspect of the writing is top notch, but my problem was the pacing. It couldn't keep my interest. It took me two weeks to read because I just wasn't motivated
to pick it up once I put it down. I wanted to DNF it, but I also wanted to know
how it ended.
I am keeping this review short because the book didn't strike an emotional chord with me so I have nothing to talk about. Check out
other reviews because some people have enjoyed it.
Goodread stats: 3.82 stars· 405 ratings · 82 reviews
Goodread stats: 3.82 stars· 405 ratings · 82 reviews
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Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full-time in 1992. His bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. For much of 2011 his self-published eBooks - including The Bestseller, The Basement, Once Bitten and Dreamer's Cat - dominated the UK eBook bestseller lists and sold more than half a million copies.
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