The Fine Art of Invisible Detection: The thrilling BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

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The Fine Art of Invisible Detection: The thrilling BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

The Fine Art of Invisible Detection: The thrilling BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick

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Darvill, Josh (15 June 2021). "Between The Covers 2021 line up of guests and books featured in series 2". tellymix. Two such characters feature here. First, there’s Umiko Wada, 40-ish, a secretary from Tokyo who works for a private investigator. You’d think that would be exciting but most of the cases taken on by her boss, Kodaka-san, involve fairly minor issues. Marital infidelity, insurance fraud, maybe a bit of rivalry between companies. However, he has been building up a big file on a shady businessman called Nishizaki, who isn’t quite yakuza but who does use unfair methods – including violence – to drive his competitors out of business. For good. Aku tertarik dengan karakter Wada: berani & pintar. Berdepan dengan gangster paling pailang, dia selamba je sinis berbalas kata. One of the finest crime writers of any generation, Goddard here exercises all of his elegant, understated style and meticulous eye for detail...Goddard at his impeccable best: do not miss it. Daily Mail

Soon enough, Umiko realises that, no matter how well she stays under the radar, there’s a very tall and very nasty Japanese man on her trail, stealing documents and laptops, intent on inflicting injury and even death on anyone who gets in his way. As part of the investigation, Wada leaves Tokyo for London. She is to meet an Englishman, Martin Caldwell who may have some information. Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person’s decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I hope that Wada finally finished her reread of ‘The Makioka Sisters’.

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I have had other Robert Goddard books on my e-shelves since but never actually got around to them. Things will change now. Robert Goddard has written another intelligent and stylish thriller with a smart and complex plot and a unique character you can’t fail to cheer for. I dont know if Goddard has changed publisher but the cover of this one is of a different mould completely. Why this one should tempt me when none of the previous ones have, I dont know. However, I am very pleased that it did.

Thank you very much to the publishers Random House UK, Transworld Publishers and to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book for an honest opinion. Having not read this author before I didn't know what to expect but from the cover thought it might be a gentler mystery though not a cosy as such. What I got was an intelligently written, gripping tale that's very readable despite the complications of the plot.Umiko Wada lives in Tokyo, she wants to live an unassuming life, she doesn’t want excitement she just wants to get through the day without any hassle. She works for a private detective and as exciting as this may sound her days are anything but. However all this changes one day when a client comes in to the office, their case needs someone to go to London, someone who wont ring alarm bells and that someone is Wada. A fascinating and satisfyingly complex mystery with dark tones..Wada is a superb character... very enjoyable. New Books The ending is so good! All the questions have been answered with the final revelation. If you love reading about corruptions, fraud and secrets, this book is for you. This book felt very much like a contract filler from Mr Goddard who ran out of ideas with this book. A pulse-pounding, breathless crime thriller, perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz's Hawthorne series, Robert Galbraith's Cormoran Strike series and LJ Ross's Alexander Gregory thrillers.



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