One Under

by Graham Hurley

Book Overview

A man, chained inside a tunnel and then dismembered and scattered along the tracks by the early morning train from Portsmouth to London. The beginning of DI Joe Faraday's most gruesome case yet. A... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409120082
• ISBN13: 9781409120087
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Orion
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

An excellently constructed plot!

Anyone who has read my review of Hurley's "Blood and Honey" will know that I rate him highly as an emerging talent. Perhaps with this book, the seventh in the series, there is an indication that he has 'arrived'. It would be invidious to give away too much about the plot, save to say that's constructed around two main incidents, with a host of cunning and devious sub plots, that in no way detract from the path to the denouement. Another major strength of his writing is his range of characters, some good, some bad, some nondescript, but all recognisable as being part of a wide and developing tapestry of personalities that inhabit this excellent series.He places them all within a City that both embraces and constricts them, and within a police force that is full of human beings with foibles, quirks,affection, personality disorders and naked ambition. The book is also mercifully bereft of his son, JJ, who texts his father from around the world. However there is a still growing bond between Faraday, the central character and DC Paul Winter (who is trying to recover from an almighty dressing down from the powers that be) who also has a secret that is only revealed towards the end of the book. He also further develops the character of Dawn Ellis, and the plot also throws in shocks like the attack on one of their other colleagues, Jimmy Suttle. Hurley is also capable of creating female characters who populate the book and makes them believable and recognisable even if in several cases you really can't ever like them. Perhaps best of all was I didn't really work out the ending until it happened! The final teaser: Will it all work out with Gabrielle? Don't hesitate, buy it. However be warned you'll need to buy all the others in the series to see how the characters arrive at where they start from in this book.