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The Murder Notebook (Nate Rodriguez #2)
Jonathan Santlofer once again combines his extraordinary talents as both a writer and an artist in this second chilling thriller featuring NYPD forensic sketch artist Nate Rodriguez. Though plagued by the death of his father years ago, Rodriguez has little time to dwell on the past. A rash of seemingly unrelated murders holds New York City in a gridlock of terror, and with...more
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
June 3rd 2008
by William Morrow & Company
(first published June 1st 2008)
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I picked this book up from the library shelf, not knowing anything about it, but intrigued by the cover/title. (I find lots of great new books this way!) I really liked this book, although I believe it is the second in a series--I will have to go back and read the first. (I believe Anatomy of Fear is the first.)
The protagonist is a police sketch artist, and the book is filled with all sorts of "his" sketches. I found that creative point of view truly interesting and found myself not wanting to s...more
The protagonist is a police sketch artist, and the book is filled with all sorts of "his" sketches. I found that creative point of view truly interesting and found myself not wanting to s...more
First thing: I love receiving the Early reviewer books. Second thing: I am very picky about noir and mistery.[return]So here we have the main character who is a nice guy. A very nice guy. Sure, he had his share of problems, drugs, family matters and so on, but he is still a nice guy. Maybe he's a nice guy because of those problems. Anyways, the author makes sure that we know Rodriguez is a nice guy, like, every other page. It's irritating. Still, the book is not bad, if somewhat slow at the begi...more
Every week I get a box or two of books for my library, and some of them make me salivate. The review of this novel made me put it high on my list, but it's actually not that good. The premise is interesting--solving murders with the sketch artist for a police department--but it never gets beyond "eh." I'm 100 pages in and it's not grabbing me.
The illustrations are great, and I could see it developed as a TV show, but I've got too many other books on my desk to continue with this one.
The illustrations are great, and I could see it developed as a TV show, but I've got too many other books on my desk to continue with this one.
The Murder Notebook by Jonathan Santlofer has written a very original story about a not so common murder investigation. When Nate Rodriguez discovers four perpetrators that are also their own victims he knows something out of the box is happening.
The author goes through the story in immense detail. Based on a true story, the life of a forensic artist changes after ex post traumatic stress disorder victims are tested on. The request of the army asks three scientists to remove the gene or part of...more
The author goes through the story in immense detail. Based on a true story, the life of a forensic artist changes after ex post traumatic stress disorder victims are tested on. The request of the army asks three scientists to remove the gene or part of...more
This suspense novel features detectives from the NYPD, mainly Nate Rodriguez a sketch artist with the police who calls on his own intuition and the Santera religion of his grandmother for assistance. He had training at Quantico with the FBI and is a freelance at the NYPD, not tied to any department. His significant other is also a police officer, Terri Russo, running a task force in Homicide. They still have their own apartments, and their relationship is not generally known in the department.
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Loved it! This is the 2nd book in the Nate Rodriguez series - and it was written in 2008. I want to read more - but yet, I don't know if there will be another one :(
Anyway, Nate Rodriguez is a forensics sketch artist who works freelance. He is still dealing with the death of his father a few years ago. In this book, Bronx Lieutenant Bill Guthrie wants him to do a facial reconstruction of a skull with bullet holes that was also burned in a fire. Chief Perry Denton wants his help on the case of a...more
Anyway, Nate Rodriguez is a forensics sketch artist who works freelance. He is still dealing with the death of his father a few years ago. In this book, Bronx Lieutenant Bill Guthrie wants him to do a facial reconstruction of a skull with bullet holes that was also burned in a fire. Chief Perry Denton wants his help on the case of a...more
RATING: 4.5
Reading The Murder Notebook was a very satisfying experience for me. It’s rare that someone does anything truly innovative in writing crime fiction; Jonathan Santlofer has done so by creating something called “a novel of visual suspense”. What that means is that he incorporates sketches into the narrative, and it’s a device that works extremely well.
Nate Rodriguez is a gifted police forensic artist. He’s been trained not only in the techniques of forensic art but also taken multiple c...more
Reading The Murder Notebook was a very satisfying experience for me. It’s rare that someone does anything truly innovative in writing crime fiction; Jonathan Santlofer has done so by creating something called “a novel of visual suspense”. What that means is that he incorporates sketches into the narrative, and it’s a device that works extremely well.
Nate Rodriguez is a gifted police forensic artist. He’s been trained not only in the techniques of forensic art but also taken multiple c...more
Razões da escolha do livro: Livro oferecido pela Editorial Presença! Éum policial e, como tal, tenho sempre vontade de ler!!!
Proveniência: Editorial Presença/ a minha biblioteca.
A minha Opinião:
Nate Rodriguez é um artista forense. Logo aqui fiquei muito curiosa: o que é um artista forense? Ora bem basicamente, e não querendo entrar em grandes pormenores sobre a história, um artista forense é um polícia que tem como actividade principal desenhar criminosos ou suspeitos através da descrição feita...more
Proveniência: Editorial Presença/ a minha biblioteca.
A minha Opinião:
Nate Rodriguez é um artista forense. Logo aqui fiquei muito curiosa: o que é um artista forense? Ora bem basicamente, e não querendo entrar em grandes pormenores sobre a história, um artista forense é um polícia que tem como actividade principal desenhar criminosos ou suspeitos através da descrição feita...more
The Murder Notebook by Jonathan Santlofer
This is the first book I read by Jonathan Santlofer. The book caught my attention due to the pencil drawings. As a child, I drew a lot and am always a little jealous of people who draw well.
Nick Rodriguez is a forensic sketch artist who has worked with the NYPD in the past. As one of the best forensic sketch artists in the world, Nick is in high demand. So much so that Lt. Bill Guthrie asks Nick to do a reconstruction, and Nick's girlfriend, detective Ter...more
This is the first book I read by Jonathan Santlofer. The book caught my attention due to the pencil drawings. As a child, I drew a lot and am always a little jealous of people who draw well.
Nick Rodriguez is a forensic sketch artist who has worked with the NYPD in the past. As one of the best forensic sketch artists in the world, Nick is in high demand. So much so that Lt. Bill Guthrie asks Nick to do a reconstruction, and Nick's girlfriend, detective Ter...more
Ok...THE MURDER NOTEBOOK seemed to be SO promising, at initial glance, but in the end, it only was so-so, in my opinion. I saw all the glowing blurbs from various sources about this author's novel, "Anatomy of Fear," so I figured...ok...this has drawings along with the prose, but it seemed like the guy was just trying too hard to sound cool a lot of the time, with cliche detective phrases that always rub me the wrong way. PLUS, there was this slightly hokie balokie element with his Hispanic gran...more
The writing is rather simple, in the scientific sense, especially after reading books by Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell. What Santlofer has going for him are his illustrations. The lead character is a police sketch artist and the novel is illustrated with not only his police sketches but also with drawings he creates in the middle of the night when he can't get an idea out of his head and scenes he observes.
The plot eneded up being more complicated than I had anticipated, and it ended up dra...more
The plot eneded up being more complicated than I had anticipated, and it ended up dra...more
This was a real page-turner! Santlofer deftly combines his talents as a crime novelist and artist to make this book "a novel of visual suspense." In doing so, he adds realism, and gives voice to his protagonist Nate Rodriguez, a sketch artist for the NYPD. "The Murder Notebook" is the second in the Nate Rodriguez series, and while I don't think it was detriment in reading the series out of order, you may want to start with the first in the series, "Anatomy of Fear." I hope Mr. Santlofer finds mo...more
A quick read and a satisfying conclusion to the story that carried over from the first book, "Anatomy of Fear." Nate is a likable character who goes above and beyond his duties of a sketch artist. In addition to seeing his sketches, we also get to learn about facial reconstruction in this book. Nate's grandmother had been my favorite character in "Anatomy of Fear" and I wish she could have played a more prominent role in this book as well.
A real waste of time. Characters were 1mm deep, plot was transparent from the first few pages. Illustrations were an affectation. Can't understand all the 5-star reviews this received on Amazon. I read about the first 50 pages, then skipped to the end. *So* glad this was a library book. At least I didn't waste any money on it.
Jonathan Santlofer is not only a great story teller but also a very good artist. He creates a refreshing blend of interesting reading mixed with artwork. It really gives you a feel for what the main character Nate Rodriguez is seeing as he progresses during the events of the book. Sometimes these are the things I wish to be able to see when I am reading a novel. When the main character sees some medallion or is describing something intricate. I would like to actually see the picture of the objec...more
Nice comfortable writing style. Unusual use of drawings adds to the experience. Shrut, you would like this guy, and he has five or six books out.
Santlofer has an incredible knowledge of art in police work and an penchant for detail that can distract from the story. The plot seemed convoluted.
enjoyed the additions of the drawings that the lead character was composing throughout the story.
Interesting characters that kept me reading, even though I figured out the case half way through.
Even though I figured out pretty early on the reason why the men were killing people, there was still a lot of mystery for which to continue reading ... plus my deduction was revealed about halfway through the book, so it was ancillary to the story anyway.
All in all your typical crime/mystery book, which would normally garner about 3 stars from me ... but this book also included facial sketches throughout (the main character is a police sketch artist), and I really thought those sketches added a...more
All in all your typical crime/mystery book, which would normally garner about 3 stars from me ... but this book also included facial sketches throughout (the main character is a police sketch artist), and I really thought those sketches added a...more
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A good quick-moving book complete with FBI guys getting in the way, cop girlfriends, and Santeria...good Hispanic lead character as well....
Still waiting for more books from Santlofer. I really enjoy his writing!
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Jonathan Santlofer is the author of five novels and a highly respected artist whose work has been written about and reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, and Arts, and appears in many public, private, and corporate collections. He serves on the board of Yaddo, one of the oldest artist communities in the country. Santlofer lives and works in New York City.
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I agree with you. While I did finish it because it was for a review, I didn't enjoy it.
The sketch work throughout the book took me out of the narr...more
Aug 04, 2008 05:01am