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A Quiet Belief in Angels

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Barry Forshaw on R. J. Ellory and Stanley Ellin...

A Quiet Belief in Angels was the breakthrough book for British writer R.J. Ellory, and his particular skill lies in a sprawling, ambitious realisation of American locales – at times reminiscent of the great Stanley Ellin. And like the sardonic American author of The Speciality of the House, Ellory has a taste for the darker recesses of human psychology.

 

 

January 2008 Book of the Month.

 

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Named the No.1 Mystery of the Year by The Strand Magazine.
Now for something completely different – a small-town setting for a riveting tale, one that grows so that when the eventual horror comes, it fair hits you in the stomach.  It involves the killing of young girls as World War I breaks out in Europe, a period of death and brutality that so affects a young boy that his teacher persuades him to write about his feelings.  We get much depth and emotion which in a crime novel lifts it way above the genre.  I particularly enjoyed this one.

Reviewed on Richard & Judy on Wednesday 30 January 2008.

Comparison: William Kowalski, John Irving, Edward Wright.

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