Urban Waite is a relatively unknown 30 year old author from Seattle but one thing is certain – he won’t remain a secret for very much longer – “The Terror of Living” is an astonishingly taut thriller for a debut novelist and one of my tips for 2011. Check out my interview with Urban Waite here (no spoilers)
As I settled down to read the thriller, one factor became fairly evident to me, certainly within the initial twenty pages or so – the narrative is intense and powerful. Waite has an assured style of writing, a wordsmith of the highest order – I’d go so far to say that his prose is beautifully evoking, hypnotic and mesmerizing.
Already dubbed the literary thriller of 2011, “The Terror of Living” is without doubt about to set the literary world alight!
As I was nearing the end of the book I stopped to gather my thoughts and wondered when I’d last read a book where I liked each and every one of the characters – I don’t think that has ever happened to me before.
There are three distinct themes running throughout the book namely the good, the bad and the bad bordering on good! – A guy who, for all intents and purposes, wants to do the right thing but is caught up in the fight for everyday survival and finds himself on the wrong side of the law.
Noticing an abandoned car in a remote area north of Silver Lake, Deputy Bobby Drake makes a decision that will change countless lives over the course of a few days. He runs the plate but it comes back clean – yet his experience tells him something is going down.
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Mr Clarke, who heads the Framlingham – based Kikkabush Aboriginal Community, wrote to former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after the Australian woman’s arrest in October 2004, believing she has been treated unfairly.
As we all know by now, or if we don’t where have we all been hiding?, Michael Jackson the “King of Pop” has died aged 50. Fans around the globe have been saddened and shocked by his death and a huge number of celebrities have jumped on the bandwagon claiming to have been his best friend or those enemies have magically seen the good in him despite attacking his moral fibre for years. “
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There’s no doubt that the orphanage does great things for young children and I guess it’s just a case of a line and has it been crossed in this case? I have to say I am a Corby supporter from afar – I’ve never met her or know much about her as a person – I guess I try to see the good in people and believe in her innocence.
Well very interesting news through today and boy am I happy with the results! Marion Jones, Ex-triple Olympic champion,
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According to the Sydney Morning Herald Corby flew out of Sydney on the same day (8 October 2004) as a large shipment of cocaine was shipped out of the airport by a drug ring involving corrupt baggage handlers. During the week of 9 May 2005 in Australia several arrests occurred related to cocaine smuggling through Sydney airport. Her defence claimed that the …
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