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Coming 2nd December from Avon. First of all thank you so much for the advance copy of this book from the author. Who is a lovely chap! In Dead Gone we meet DI David Murphy - a man who has suffered a terrible loss - as he attempts to track down a killer. Not unusual you might think. But actually it is.

This is a new breed of serial killer and David, alongside his partner in crime DS Laura Rossi will find themselves entering the darkest recesses of the human mind. So lets talk for a moment about tha Coming 2nd December from Avon. So lets talk for a moment about that group of books commonly known as "serial killer thrillers". There are many out there - good ones, bad ones, scary ones Now you can happily add Luca Veste to that list This I can say with certainty.

Its not easy to avoid cliche when writing a book of this kind, its also not easy to give it a new "voice" but this is what Mr Veste has managed to do and with terrific success. Engaging, frightening, genuinely shocking in places it will grip you to the last. Flowing storyline, terrific writing and a nod to those that have come before, this is an amazing debut. You all know I love great characters yes? You will find a fair few in the pages of this novel. David Murphy, haunted, searching for reasons, has great depth to his character.

I loved that he often set off down the wrong path - made assumptions then had to correct - not the perfect policeman who you are always sure will eventually solve the case but a realistic nod to investigative technique. He is open to development - a great thing especially when you know that this is the start of a series. Laura is intriguing also, especially in her background and ties to family. I look forward to finding out more about them.

The mystery elements are well imagined and will keep you guessing - the very heart of any crime read. Its complex - no easy trail to follow here but always intriguing and never dull. The resolution will not disappoint. This is going to be a terrific addition to the genre. And if this is the first book, gosh, what is to come? I will wait to find out. Oct 08, Linda Boa rated it it was amazing Shelves: It's difficult to believe this is a debut novel, as the writing is so assured and accomplished.

I noted that Luca was studying psychology and criminology when he wrote this, and I wonder if that's where the idea originated.

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If you enjoy books with a good dollop of psychology, you'll love this. That I waited so long to read this! Still, it means I've three more so fa It's difficult to believe this is a debut novel, as the writing is so assured and accomplished. Still, it means I've three more so far to enjoy. Thanks to Christine at Northern Crime who keeps me right when it comes to what Brit authors I should be reading! I'll be putting a more detailed review on crimeworm. But definitely not an author to miss! Jan 17, Gail rated it really liked it Shelves: I was desperate to read this book as it had been recommended it back in December and as it's based in Liverpool, my second favourite city in England, started it with relish.

The plot doesn't need to be gone over as this has been covered many times by other reviewers except to say that the disappearance of Jemma Barnes at the start of the book had me hooked and was terrifying in the extreme. A female body is found soon after her kidnapping albeit her family think Jemma has just up and left, as sh I was desperate to read this book as it had been recommended it back in December and as it's based in Liverpool, my second favourite city in England, started it with relish.

A female body is found soon after her kidnapping albeit her family think Jemma has just up and left, as she has done a few times in the past, and have no idea of the terror she is experiencing or danger she is in but this turns out to be someone else and from a note found on the body this one is is 'Experiment Three'.

The scary stuff starts there as we have no idea who or what experiments One and Two are. At this point I have to say I could not take to Murphy who is battling with his own demons from the past year and misses lots of vital clues especially in the early days, ie I thought they would immediately start investigating the previous two experiments, and Murphy comes across as being not really with it, in my opinion.

Rossi seems to be more on the ball and I really took to her from the outset; she's a really good DS and I did feel at times that she should be leading the investigation. Murphy spends more time involved in his own private hell, his parents having been murdered a year before at the same time as the breakdown of his marriage to Sarah.

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Also a case had gone completely wrong and to say the past year has been a nightmare would be a vast understatement. I did try and be sympathetic to him because of this. I was absolutely convinced I knew who the killer was but then my opinion kept changing and I didn't know who it could be!

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Then I went back to my original suspect! It's all absolutely terrifying and I stayed up into the wee small hours this morning to finish it. My heart was absolutely thumping for the last quarter and I was quite breathless with it all. The pace never let's up but is slightly let down by Police who don't seem to be thoroughly investigating matters. At the outset Murphy discounts the letters left with the bodies and I am not sure his instinct would have made him discount these from so very early on. One thing that slightly bothered me was the reference to a victim by the name of Julie Ward but this name is never mentioned before or after so I'm not sure about that one.

All in all this is a fantastic debut thriller and the references to Liverpool along the way are just great as I love the Albert Dock and could visualise the area. This is the start of big things for Luca Veste as this is brilliantly written and I cannot wait for his next book. Hopefully Murphy will come back bigger and better in the next and he will become my new hero! Highly recommended, very addictive but be warned it's absolutely terrifying and you won't be able to put it down until the final page. Dec 11, Lainy rated it liked it. Attached to her is a letter from her killer, which details a famous unethical psychological experiment performed on the victim, resulting in her death.

Convinced at first that the murderer is someone close and known to the victim, Murphy dismisses the letter as a bid to throw them off the scent…until more bodies Time taken to read - on and off for 2 weeks Publisher - AVON Blurb from Goodreads DI David Murphy and DC Laura Rossi investigate the murder of a student at the City of Liverpool University. Convinced at first that the murderer is someone close and known to the victim, Murphy dismisses the letter as a bid to throw them off the scent…until more bodies are found, each with their own letter attached.

On the other side of the city, Rob Barker, an admin worker at the university, is dealing with his own loss. His partner has been missing for almost a year, with suspicion from all around her firmly pointed at him. One who kills to discover more about life.. My Review A serial killer is loose in Liverpool, using innocent people to conduct horrific experiments on and leaving letters to taunt the police.

DI David Murphy and his sidekick DC Laura Rossi are on the case trying to work out the killers motivation and victim selection process. The clock is ticking before another body shows up and another innocent person is snatched, the public wants answers, the press is relentless and the pressure is on the police. For a debut novel it does quite well to grab and pull you in. Rob Barker is a main feature in this tale, his partner went missing and for a while he was a suspect. Almost a year has passed and he knows she is still around, with the murders being linked to his university the police are soon interested in speaking to him again.

The story flips from the detectives, to Rob Barker, to the killer and back to one of the victims that we follow from the beginning. I think that is one of my complaints about the story, the chapters are well labeled so you know who it is talking but it jumps around a bit much for me. The attacks are quite brutal and the pace goes along fairly quickly to keep the reader interested.

DI Murphy has a shadow hanging over him that is referred to during the story but the reader doesn't find out until later what the chat is with that. I also felt it speeded up toward the end with the conclusion although it did have a few surprises along the way. Oct 10, Pat rated it did not like it. I bought this book on the basis of some very good Goodreads reviews. Unfortunately I can't agree with them. I found the plot lacklustre, there was no sense of drama. No surprises either, the outcome was obvious and the twist was not so twisty.

The characters were also lacklustre and, apart from the hapless experiment 2 I couldn't care about any of them. I also found the dialogue pretty lame. I know there is such a thing as survivor's guilt but it was unwarranted and lame in the case of Murphy. A I bought this book on the basis of some very good Goodreads reviews. All-in-all a waste of my time. But it took me almost a week to finish this book and that means that it's not enough to hold my attention.

Duly noted I also spent the weekend watching Stranger Things 2 but I had enough time before that if I wanted. Also, I was a bit miffed with how Murphy dismissed the killer's letter because he was certain that the the victim's friend's boyfriend had something to hide. It was a little bit unprofessional in my opinion. And that ending was quite a disappointment because let's face it, view spoiler [it's not like Murphy and the team was ABLE to figure out the killer on their own!!

Murphy got lured in by Garner, he didn't know that Garner was the murderer So it had potential, but I was feeling let down by the way the case ended up. Couldn't round it up to my 'okay' category because of it. Jan 10, Joce squibblesreads added it. ARC Received courtesy of Goodreads. The reader gradually gets the back story on Murphy and it's complicated! I can't wait to read how he finally comes to terms with his past. We don't learn too much about Rossi but she definitely has Murphy's back.

Murphy and Rossi are digging deep with no clear answers except that all of the victims are related to the University. I found this novel to be very well-written. The characters, even the serial killer, are deeply drawn and filled out people. I very much look forward to book 2! All of my reviews can be found on www. The only thing better is realizing that there are already three more books in this series!

Essentially there a All of my reviews can be found on www. There are chapters from eighteen months prior when a woman named Jemma disappears, then present day from Murphy, but there are also some parts told from the point of view of the killer and I love getting to see a peek inside their depraved minds.

There is great character development with Murphy and I really liked seeing him grow as the book progressed. I changed my mind about who the killer was several times, and though in the end my hunch was right, Veste still managed to throw me for a loop a few more times. Und es wird nicht das letzte sein. Daneben ein Brief, der ein verbotenes psychologisches Experiment beschreibt. Vor knapp einem Jahr verschwand seine Freundin spurlos. Mit Briefen, welche an den Opfern angebracht sind, wendet er sich an die Ermittler und diese haben es in sich.

Der zweite Handlungsstrang ist ca. Hier erkennt man, dass der Autor, welcher ein Studium in Psychologie und Kriminologie absolvierte, durchaus Ahnung von der Materie hat. Dieser hat private Probleme ohne Ende und diese sind wirklich gewaltig. Private Probleme bei Ermittlern sind derzeit ja sehr modern.

DI David Murphy hat gleich 3 private Baustellen: Hier wird jedoch keineswegs darauf eingegangen welchen Mist er gebaut hat. Sorry, aber das ist wirklich absolutely too much! Mein Highlight war dieser Psychothriller nicht wirklich. Aufgrund des tollen Schreibstils bleibt der Autor trotzdem auf meinem Radar. Nov 27, Carly rated it it was amazing Shelves: Dead Gone is one of the best crime reads I have ever read. I enjoy a good police procedural and this was no exception. With the flawed characterization of Murphy and his feisty partner Rossi, this was a great way to start a series.

Mar 12, Sam H Arnold rated it liked it. This is a debut novel by the writer and centres around two main detectives working a serial killer case in Liverpool. The references to Liverpool makes this book for anyone who has knowledge of the area. This book is well written and the story premise is thrilling and terrifying all in one. I however, found this a little slow to start. Personally I like my crime novels to start with a bang and include a little more gore and description. There are parts later on that clearly make up for the lack This is a debut novel by the writer and centres around two main detectives working a serial killer case in Liverpool.

There are parts later on that clearly make up for the lack of gore at the beginning. Although this was a well written book I found that I never got in to the 'I can't put this down stage. I believe my main problem with this book was that I did not really relate to the main character in the book.

I found this slow in places and hard to get into although I am sure that as the writer develops his lead detectives this may change and result in a good crime series. At present I will reserve judgement on this until I read the next in the series. Jan 17, Nicki rated it really liked it. For a debut book this is a really good book.

At this point I have to say I could not take to Murphy who is battling with his own demons from the past year and misses lots of vital clues especially in the early days, ie I thought they would immediately start investigating the previous two experiments, and Murphy comes across as being not really with it, in my opinion. One with the intro and outro cut off, and the explicit words being censored. Rossi seems to be more on the ball and I really took to her from the outset; she's a really good DS and I did feel at times that she should be leading the investigation. See 1 question about Dead Gone…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Another strand to the plot tells of a university worker whose girlfriend has gone missing For a debut novel it does quite well to grab and pull you in.

The story did keep me guessing although i did work out who one of the bad guys was quite early in the book. Maybe i read too many thrillers and watch too much CSI I really enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more by this author. Dead Gone is the first in the Liverpool-based Murphy and Rossi series. It follows their investigation into a psychopathic serial killer who seems to be targeting people who have ties to the City of Liverpool University.

I loved the characterisation too. Rossi also seems like the perfect equaliser for him. A strong woman and capable of picking up even the subtlest of nuances in her partners demeanour. I thought I had it all figured out, more than once. And I was wrong. Prove me wrong and you have a reader for life!

The experiments they carry out are dark, and creepy and oddly compelling in their reasoning. All in all, a belter of a start with Dead Gone. This one was on my personal TBR hence it took me so long to read it. Safe to say you have a new fan Mr. Feb 28, Hobart rated it really liked it Shelves: This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader. One victim becomes another. An endless array of body parts lit up, wounds, scars blood. If you deal with death all the time, you develop a gallows humour, dark jokes passed around.

When it was bad as this, there was no levity to be found. You got on with the job, and hoped to catch whoever did it before it happened again. In most series, we'd meet DS Laura Rossi as she joins the detectives, probably partners up with DI David Murphy who we might have known for a book o more already , we get to know her as she gets to know the job and Murphy. Murphy's a good detective with some interesting choices in his personal life, she's an eager and educated rookie tied to her family in ways she wouldn't prefer.

Then in the next book, we see a mix of tragedy, crime and bad timing wreak havoc on Murphy's personal life and it spills over to his career. Now, in Dead Gone , he's trying to put his life back on track, recovering from whatever career setbacks he's stumbled into with the help of his sometimes partner and boss. But Veste jumps us right into book 3 without the foundation work -- we get hints and eventually more than hints to put it all together -- especially as it Murphy's life becomes fodder for the killer's taunting of the police. Honestly, I liked that approach.

Other writers might not be as successful with it, but Veste pulled it off. You get the idea that Murphy was a really good detective, and if he can get his head back in the game, he will be one again. Rossi is well on the way to being a good one -- but she might have hitched her wagon to the wrong mentor. Oh, yeah, the killer -- bodies are starting to show up in Liverpool. Death by multiple means, but left in similar conditions -- and with letters attached making references to classic psychology studies -- many of which couldn't be replicated today with contemporary ethical standards.

But the killer seems to be taking them further than the original studies. And, well, he's a serial killer, so ethical research methods aren't at the height of his concern. I could've used a bit more of Rossi, I liked her as a character, but I enjoyed what we got. I understand that Murphy's the star of the show, but hopefully she gets a bit more of the focus later on.

The rest of the squad is pretty much what you get in any police procedural -- I'd be happy if I don't have to see Det. Bannon ever again, but hopefully he gets what's coming to him -- or a healthy dose of character growth -- soon. Murphy is dealing with a whole mess of personal issues as he's leading the investigation -- but it doesn't really distract from his work, maybe it even helps it. This is tightly plotted, moves at a good pace -- Veste doesn't waste anything, there's no fluff, no fat to this prose.

Probably because I know there's another 3 books so far in the series, I didn't worry about the danger posed to our heroes at any point, but the tension was real. The terror visited upon the victims was more than real -- Veste does an outstanding job of getting into the heads of some of the victims without getting exploitative. Too often in serial killer novels the victims are just corpses or something that'll be a corpse soon , so no need to really care about them.

Not here -- and what a nice change of pace that is -- they're people, not props. This really isn't a whodunit kind of novel -- Veste pretty much gives it away pretty early on. Not that this stops him from dragging a large red herring across the reader's path.

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Yeah, it's pretty obviously a red herring -- but he uses it well as such -- and then. I literally lost sleep staying up to finish this one -- dragged myself through the next day at work, leaning on coffee just to seem passably competent. And it was worth it. I will be grabbing the next installment, The Dying Place , very soon. Dec 04, Lucinda rated it it was amazing. This chilling tale of psychological suspense and intriguing prose, hauntingly lingers within the darkest corners of the mind.

Dead Goneis a remarkably original debut novel that explores twisted and darkly sinister psychological experimentation. Chilling me to the core and sending shivers down my spine, the deftly interwoven plot was so hypnotic that I found myself unable to tear my gaze away from the pages. Unlike the more traditional Crime novel Luca Veste captures a darker more horrific, warpe This chilling tale of psychological suspense and intriguing prose, hauntingly lingers within the darkest corners of the mind. This Incredibly powerful and impacting disturbing story will linger on within your mind, like a creepy nightmare or shadow at the corner of your eye which is ever present.

Terrified by the black waters of psychological mind-games, drugs and control this is the kind of book that is so profoundly thought-provoking it will instil such fear within. She is not happy about it, but there is little she can do. However, the marriage is only recognized by vampires. The FBI comes to speak with her about her role in finding people during the collapse of the Pyramid of Gizeh. Then, the mutilated and crucified body of Jason's pregnant werepanther wife is found in the parking lot of Merlotte's, leading Sookie to think it is a hate crime against the recently revealed Weres.

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