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Relentless

Relentless
By Simon Kernick

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An unputdownable race-against-time thrilller from the rising star of British crime-writing


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #796 in Books
  • Published on: 2007-05-21
  • Binding: Mass Market Paperback
  • 464 pages

Editorial Reviews

Synopsis
John Meron, a happily married father of two who's never been in trouble, receives a phone call that will change his life for ever: his friend Jack Calley, a high-flying City lawyer, is screaming down the phone for help. As Meron listens, Calley is murdered. His last words, spoken to his killer, are the first two lines of Meron's address. Confused and terrified, Meron scoops up his children and hurries out of the house. Just in time. Within minutes, a car pulls up outside, and three men get out. It's clear that they're coming for him. He's being hunted and has no idea why. And with his wife missing, an unidentified corpse in her office, and the police after him for murder, his life's about to get one hell of a lot worse.

From the Inside Flap
There's only one truth left in your world. They want you.
And they want you dead.

Tom Meron, a happily married father of two who's never been in trouble, receives a phone call that will change his life for ever: his friend Jack Calley, a high-flying City lawyer, is screaming down the phone for help. As Meron listens, Calley is murdered. His last words, spoken to his killer, are the first two lines of Meron's address.

Confused and terrified, Meron scoops up his children and hurries out of the house.

Within minutes, a car pulls up outside, and three men get out. It's clear that they're coming for him. He's being hunted and has no idea why.

And with his wife missing, an unidentified corpse in her office, and the police after him for murder, Meron's life's about to get one hell of a lot worse.

Relentless - a novel so gripping and compulsive that it demands to be read in a single sitting. Don't expect to put it down unscathed.

From the Back Cover
3 o'clock. It's a normal Saturday afternoon. You're with the kids in the garden when the phone rings.

It's your best friend from school, the best man at your wedding. Someone you haven't seen for a few years. It should be a friendly call making arrangements to see each other again, catching up on old times.

But it's not.

This call is different. Your friend is speaking quickly, panting with fear, his breaths coming in tortured, ragged gasps. It is clear that someone is inflicting terrible pain on him.

He cries out and then utters six words that will change your life forever…the first two lines of your address.

What do you do?Do you run or do you hide?

RELENTLESS

`The pace is breakneck, the plot twists like a hooked eel … The sort of book that forces you to read so fastyou stumble over the words' Evening Standard


Customer Reviews

relentless5
Absolute page turner. I am at that age when I want to be entertained and although there are a few bits that maybe one could knock a hole in it is a fast thrilling read. I didn't have time to be critical - the book lifts you up and sprints to the end. There are very few books that can do that and I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone - especially those who don't like reading much. I defy anyone not to be caught up in the excitement. I read til I finished it at 5am and still couldn't sleep because my heart rate was through the roof!

Preposterous and way over-rated1
Suffice to say I don't know how this guy gets such rave reviews. He has gone on record (W'tones' book quarterly) as saying he is the only writer in Britain doing the "one man against the rest" sort of book that Harlan Coben and Robert Crais do so well. Well pardon me for peeing on your bonfire but you're not a patch on those guys. Go back to your procedurals, at least I got past the first chapter on those.

Relentlessly boring1
Very disapointing. I was really looking forward to reading after seeing the exciting extract but it was terrible. In the hands of a more accomplished writer the plot could have been turned into a reasonable story but the writing was very amaturish, I could have done a better job myself. I couldn't warm to any of the characters, the story was disjointed and haphazard. The only reason I struggled to finish it was because I thought it must have a good ending, but I was sadly disapointed by this also. After reading the likes of Rankin and Rendall, this book is very insignificant, if I were the writer I would find another job.