Dark Places - Softcover

Jon Evans

3.79

411 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060594233 ISBN 13: 9780060594237

Publisher: Dark Alley, 2004

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Paul Wood's peaceful trek through the wilds of the Himalayas becomes a nightmare when he stumbles upon the mutilated body of a fellow hiker, killed in the same way his girlfriend had been murdered two years before in Africa and begins to realize that someone is targeting members of his trekking group, stalking them in some of the most remote regions of the world. Original.

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You're hooked. Evans contrives to slip the necessary specialist net-head detail into the plot without being boring or patronising. He can also pin down a character with a few details deftly brushed in. . . The characters are delightfully delineated by their speech patterns . . . beautifully controlled . . . Not the least satisfying aspect of this pacy thriller for the 21st century is the way things go on happening until the last page. (The Times)

You're hooked. Evans contrives to slip the necessary specialist net-head detail into the plot without being boring or patronising. He can also pin down a character with a few details deftly brushed in. . . The characters are delightfully delineated by their speech patterns. . . beautifully controlled. . . Not the least satisfying aspect of this pacy thriller for the 21st century is the way things go on happening until the last page. (The Times)

'A clever interesting read that you can take your time over. One can only hope that this, the first novel by Jon Evans, is not the last.' - (Bolton Evening News)

In this haunting, suspense debut, Evans takes the reader on a page-turning adventure (Publishers Weekly)

An original two-way hunt with moments of real suspense scattered across the wildest reaches of the planet (Hector Macdonald)

A taut thriller . . . He keeps you guessing and leaves you with the uncomfortable realisation of just how plausible all this could be. A real page-turner (Ms London)

TRAIL OF THE DEAD is engaging, disturbing, and relentless - an impressive debut novel. (C.J. Box, award-winning author of WINTERKILL and TROPHY HUNT)

This is a stunning debut novel from a thriller writer to watch . . . a breathtaking thriller (Western Daily Press)

TRAIL OF THE DEAD is engaging, disturbing, and relentless - an impressive debut novel. (C.J. Box, award-winning author of WINTERKILL)

I was completely gripped. As the plot unfolded, I found myself constantly surprised. Jon Evans's plotting is excellent, and he has obviously travelled widely - all the details are clearly authentic and I found myself interested in the locations as much as the plot. The internet aspect of the story was intriguing, and at the end all the strands were tied up perfectly. I never wanted to put the book down. (Emily Barr)