jeremyhornik's review against another edition
3.0
These Mallory books are like opera plots: gloriously overcomplicated and wildly unrealistic, with an overheated emotional core. Really trashy and intense. This one is all grief, PTSD, and loss.
I’m a fan.
I’m a fan.
trisha76's review against another edition
4.0
Na een unanieme, maar zeer dubieuze vrijspraak in een moordzaak, worden de juryleden een voor een vermoord door iemand die bekend staat als 'de man met de Zeis' vanwege zijn bloederige signatuur die hij achterlaat op de plaats des onheils. De laatste drie juryleden houden zich doodsbang schuil.
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Een apart geschreven boek. Je leeft mee met de hoofdpersonen Riker en Mallory. Je voelt je nekharen soms omhoog staan als Mallory bezig is. Maar je voelt ook medelijden met haar en met de personen om haar heen.
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Over Carol O'Connell is weinig bekend. Ze is in de Verenigde Staten geboren in het jaar 1947. Studeerde aan California Institute of Arts/Chouinard en aan de Universiteit van Arizona. Ze woont in New York. Haar laatste boek is verschenen in 2010.
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Boekinformatie:
Uitgeverij : Uitgeverij M
Isbn : 90.225.3836.2
303 pagina's; Paperback
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Een apart geschreven boek. Je leeft mee met de hoofdpersonen Riker en Mallory. Je voelt je nekharen soms omhoog staan als Mallory bezig is. Maar je voelt ook medelijden met haar en met de personen om haar heen.
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Over Carol O'Connell is weinig bekend. Ze is in de Verenigde Staten geboren in het jaar 1947. Studeerde aan California Institute of Arts/Chouinard en aan de Universiteit van Arizona. Ze woont in New York. Haar laatste boek is verschenen in 2010.
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Boekinformatie:
Uitgeverij : Uitgeverij M
Isbn : 90.225.3836.2
303 pagina's; Paperback
writerlibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Wonderful thriller that doesn't pull any punches and is true until the very end to the characters and to the plot. A really good thriller. You will find the original version "The jury must die" in libraries since it's almost out of print. ETA: I've found it also under another name: Dead Famous which is available in bookstores.
geohiker's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely love this series in these early books. And this audiobook reader is wonderful.
sunnid's review
5.0
I am a huge O'Connell fan and after being disappointed with "Crime School" I wanted to say I'm delighted that she is more than back in stride with "Dead Famous." I was worried that the huge popularity of Mallory would force O'Connell into a corner...not being allowed the freedom to weave her wonderful stories in the way she knows best (don't forget the gripping non-Mallory "Judas Child" ). But by switching the focus to Riker in this novel, she has let her readers have another white-knuckle ride through a fabulous plot with a bit of Mallory and Charles blended in. She creates the most complex, fascinating characters. You learn so much more about Riker and truly are drawn to mysterious Johanna. It is a very intense, rich and emotional story.
audreyintheheadphones's review
3.0
It's a problem for authors when they write really phenomenal books: sometimes, other books they write are simply good, and that can feel disappointing.
This is a decent installation of the Mallory series, which is good, but it's just not as good as others in the series, such as [b:The Chalk Girl|10856198|The Chalk Girl (Kathleen Mallory, #10)|Carol O'Connell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1331237667s/10856198.jpg|15497929] or [b:Shell Game|434021|Shell Game (Kathleen Mallory, #5)|Carol O'Connell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1326499506s/434021.jpg|699598]. The central mystery is good and chewy and makes you think about free speech, the FCC and social media. It has a fascinating and complex heroine.
And it also features a wounded and lovelorn Riker, which I'm not a fan of, and there's far too little Mallory. Everyone shows up like clockwork, which is nice, but... not great. But the other thing about authors who write really phenomenal books is that even good keeps you reading.
This is a decent installation of the Mallory series, which is good, but it's just not as good as others in the series, such as [b:The Chalk Girl|10856198|The Chalk Girl (Kathleen Mallory, #10)|Carol O'Connell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1331237667s/10856198.jpg|15497929] or [b:Shell Game|434021|Shell Game (Kathleen Mallory, #5)|Carol O'Connell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1326499506s/434021.jpg|699598]. The central mystery is good and chewy and makes you think about free speech, the FCC and social media. It has a fascinating and complex heroine.
And it also features a wounded and lovelorn Riker, which I'm not a fan of, and there's far too little Mallory. Everyone shows up like clockwork, which is nice, but... not great. But the other thing about authors who write really phenomenal books is that even good keeps you reading.
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