false 6322666 4 <P>London in 1900 is a sprawling, chaotic web of change and expansion, perfect for a man like Denton, an American with a violent past seeking anonymity as an outsider. But his notoriety as the author of several dark novels—and the well-known story that, decades before, he had gunned down four men in the American West—sometimes brings unwanted visitors to his door. When a terrified man shows up one evening and says that he is being pursued by the long-gone Jack the Ripper, Denton dismisses him as one more victim of London’s lunacy. But then the mutilated body of a teenaged prostitute named Stella Minter is found in London’s East End. . . .<BR>        Disappointed by the lack of police concern, Denton determines to pursue the murderer, even after it’s clear that he’s become the next target. As Denton begins to peel away the layers of the lurid and horrifying murder, he finds himself exploring the dark underbelly of the bursting metropolis, a place so vast that Denton is forced to follow nothing but his instincts through the maze of London—its pubs, its police offices, its dark alleys and disreputable neighborhoods—to find a murderer who is himself an agent of the city’s cancerous growth. And along the way Denton is lucky enough to find an ally in a woman with a past as haunted and a spirit as independent as his own.<BR>        Kenneth Cameron has brought turn-of-the-century London vividly to life in this intelligent and compelling crime novel. <I>The Frightened Man</I> delves far deeper than the mere circumstances of a murder to investigate the unseen—the secrets harbored in London’s immeasurable streets and in the dark side of human nature.</P> 6508127 book 2008 The Frightened Man total:30|5:2|4:9|3:12|2:6|1:1| 30 95 55 10 3 2 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:02:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 20:47:41 -0700 2009
Much to my disappointment, it was not actually about JtR, ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 19:53:06 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:46:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 19:05:50 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 16:26:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 19:37:25 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 19:38:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:16:36 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 11:29:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 05:57:42 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 07:20:27 -0700 2009 The Frightened Man has a horrifying set-up—one that seems to promise a thrilling read—the pace slows as the story continues. In the end, it leaves too many questions unanswered, and the payoff simply isn’t enough.

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Although I enjoyed the detective nature of the main character, Denton, I thought that the story slowed down drama...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:18:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 21:12:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 22:49:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 22:49:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 09 10:27:06 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 10:27:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 22:13:33 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 13:32:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 20:49:53 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 20:49:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 13:32:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 13:34:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 13:15:52 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:15:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 03:33:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 03:33:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Sep 23 09:44:33 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:44:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 03:35:34 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 03:35:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 16:57:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:57:14 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6322666