- Title:
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Three Graves Full
- Written by:
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Jamie Mason
- Read by:
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John Pruden
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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9 hours 38 minutes
- Published:
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October 01 2014
- Available Date:
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October 01 2014
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781743169896
- Genres:
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Fiction; American Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Psychological Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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"Mason's quirky debut novel deftly weaves dark humor into a plot that's as complicated as a jigsaw puzzle but more fun to put together... Mason's written a dandy of a first outing with not a single boring moment."
Kirkus Reviews
"Three Graves Full is an extraordinary debut novel that ensnares the reader in its web of suspense and ratchets up the anxiety with each chapter... Three Graves Full is deep and dark, yet funny, a refreshing combination that snags the reader like a grappling hook - destined to become a success."
New York Journal of Books
For fans of the Coen brothers’ films or for those who just love their thrillers with a dash of sharp humour.
For fans of the Coen brothers’ films or for those who just love their thrillers with a dash of sharp humour ? an engaging and offbeat story about a man driven to murder, who then buries the body in his backyard only to discover that there are two other shallow graves on his property.
"There is very little peace for a man with a body buried in his backyard.”
But it could always be worse ...
More than a year ago, mild-mannered Jason Getty killed a man he wished he’d never met. Then he planted the problem a little too close to home. But just as he’s learning to live with the undeniable reality of what he’s done, police unearth two bodies on his property ? neither of which is the one Jason buried.
Jason races to stay ahead of the consequences of his crime and while chaos reigns on his lawn, his sanity unravels, snagged on the agendas of a colourful cast of strangers. A jilted woman searches for her lost fiancé, a fringe-dweller runs from a past that’s quickly gaining on him, and a couple of earnest local detectives piece it together with the help of a volunteer police dog ? all of them in the wake and shadow of a dead man who had it coming. As the action unfolds, each discovers that knowing more than one side of the story doesn't necessarily rule out a deadly margin of error.
"Three Graves Full is something special - an offbeat, high-class, pacey mystery that blends black humor with dark lyricism, and deft, intricate plotting with dead-on psychological insight. This is a gem of a debut."
Tana French, author of In the Woods
"Filled with biting wit and great prose style, Three Graves Full by newcomer Jamie Mason may be the debut of the year."
Bookspan
"Racheting up suspense is one thing, and Mason manages it masterfully, particularly as it concerns Getty's fate. But portraying characters so well and so thoroughly, examining and explaining their motives even for murder, requires a level of skill that is rare, marking this as an astonishingly accomplished debut and Mason as a writer to watch very closely."
Booklist
"Three Graves Full is an astonishing debut novel, smart and stylish and wonderfully light on its feet. Jamie Mason writes crisp, surprising sentences, and this aura of wit infuses her lovely plot with an absolutely Hitchcockian menace. I think she was probably born to be a writer, and I eagerly look forward to whatever she will do next."
Peter Straub, New York Times bestselling author
"Mason strides confidently into Coen brothers territory with her highly entertaining, solidly plotted debut about loneliness and the need for companionship... With sly wit Mason tweaks genre cliches while respecting crime fiction tenets."
Publishers Weekly