The Book With No Name: A Novel (Probably)

By Anonymous

Book Overview

Detective Miles Jensen is called to the lawless town of Santa Mondega to investigate a spate of murders. This would all be quite ordinary in those rough streets, except that Jensen is the Chief Detective of Supernatural Investigations. The breakneck plot centers around a mysterious blue stone""""The Eye of the Moon""and the men and women who all want to get their hands on it: a mass murderer with a drinking problem, a hit man who thinks he's Elvis, and a pair of monks among them. Add in the local crime baron, an amnesiac woman who's just emerged from a five-year coma, a gypsy fortune teller, and a hapless hotel porter, and the plot thickens fast. "Most importantly, how do all these people come to be linked to the strange book with no name?" This is the anonymous, ancient book that no one seems to have survived reading. Everyone who has ever read it has been murdered. "What can this mean?""

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843172836
• ISBN13: 9781843172833
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Madness, mayhem and a damn good read

I have to give this book five stars for one reason only: I haven't even finished reading it and already i have people queueing up to read it because it i've spoken about how good it is. It is turning into one of the best books i have read in the past two years!!! I don't want it to end. The characters are well thought out and the writer has managed to tie the humour in very well. Sometimes the writer has had me laughing out loud. He builds the tension up very well and makes you increasingly more desperate to meet the much talked about, Bourbon Kid. The book reads like a western; murder, women and hard as nails characters all looking for the coveted blue stone, the eye of the moon. If you like action, humour and suspense all tied up into one plot i strongly recommend this book. I very much doubt you will be disappointed.

Magnificent

This book is absolutely brilliant. Written in exactly the sort of language I can relate to and in a style that held my attention right from the start The Book With No Name is an absolute breath of fresh air. The author often resorts to using short sharp sentences to get the story across quickly (almost in an MTV fashion). It opens with the mysterious Bourbon Kid making his presence felt in a bar run by a greasy lowlife named Sanchez. Sanchez is basically the central character, although for the most part he is an onlooker in the events that unfold, only occasionally stepping in to throw a spanner into the works. The crux of the story follows two detectives, Jensen and Somers as they try to hunt down a serial killer who seems only to kill people who have read The Book With No Name by Anonymous. Their investigations coincide with a local festival held during the build up to an eclipse. Local mafia, travelling monks, small time hoods and a couple of young lovers get wrapped up in the proceedings, and there's a big hunt for a precious diamond stolen from the monks. I was totally into this book right from the first chapter. The dialogue is at times inspired and although the book is downright scary at times there is also a decent sprinkling of humour. It's probably obvious who is behind all the killings but I didn't even come close to guessing it, possibly because I was enjoying the book too much to stop and try and work out what was going on. There are numerous little "in-jokes" as the story borrows from many famous films. Picking pieces of plot and characters from films such as Seven, The Ring, LA Confidential, Lethal Weapon and From Dusk Til Dawn, this is horrific, funny, action packed and extremely tense in equal measures. If you're looking for something that's simply very very enjoyable and easy to read, then this should be at the top of your list. Very satisfying.

Extremely dark tale

This is an extremely dark and often creepy "under your skin" type horror / crime thriller. It crosses many different genres but once the story is established and begins to unravel it's a total page turner. Set in a mysterious town / city it follows the lives of a number of different characters who's paths cross throughout. Many of them have dark secrets hidden away and no one is quite what they seem. Expertly crafted and at times blackly humourous The Book With No Name is a modern day horror with it's roots firmly established in the realms of early Stephen King. There are nod's to books like Salem's Lot and It, but also influences notably from modern day stuff like The Ring. Full of interesting deep characters and frighteningly real scenes that left me wanting to sleep with the light on, this is well worth a look.

Totally manic !

This was non stop action from start to finish. Laugh out loud funny at times and down right dark and scary at others. I was gripped right through to the end when the truth behind the deaths of everyone who ever read the book was revealed. Brilliant stuff.