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The Devil's Garden
Michael Roman is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he has a successful career, a beautiful wife and adorable twin daughters. But his idyllic life is about to come crashing down around him - because Michael is a man with a past.
A rising star in the New York District Attorney's office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael's perfect life begins to unravel...more
A rising star in the New York District Attorney's office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael's perfect life begins to unravel...more
Hardcover, 352 pages
Published
August 13th 2009
by William Heinemann
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Michael Roman is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he has a successful career, a beautiful wife and adorable twin daughters. But his idyllic life is about to come crashing down around him - because Michael is a man with a past. A rising star in the New York District Attorney-s office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael-s perfect life begins to unravel when he finds himself the target of a depraved madman, a man who covets everything Michael has and will...more
Michael Roman is finally living the life he always dreamed of - he has a successful career, a beautiful wife and adorable twin daughters. But his idyllic life is about to come crashing down around him - because Michael is a man with a past. A rising star in the New York District Attorney-s office and on the cusp of enormous success, Michael-s perfect life begins to unravel when he finds himself the target of a depraved madman, a man who covets everything Michael has and will...more
Mediocre at best... i bought this book expecting an airport thriller, something to keep my entertained. While there were some good moments of suspense and tension in the book, I found on the whole that it failed to hold my attention. Maybe it was the whole supernatural element that put me off, but I found the storyline about the seer and etc. to be pretentious and boring. Not the worst book I've ever read, but certainly a wasted few hours of my life.
I've really enjoyed Richard Montanari's recent books, focussing on detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. In fact, this is the first book I’ve read by Montanari that hasn’t featured those characters. The book is a departure in other ways too. The hero of the story, Michael Roman, is a lawyer, rather than a detective which instantly gives him less resources and the relationship between the hero and the story is far more personal. The story feels rather less epic than Montanari’s other novels...more
Richard Montanari ist bereits eine echte Autorengröße im Thrillergewerbe. Sein Roman "Im Netz des Teufels" beinhaltet eine spannende Story mit schlichter, schnörkelloser Sprachführung, die dem Leser sofort konkrete Bilder liefert. Trotz der manchmal rasanten Szenenwechsels bleibt die Spannung durchweg erhalten, fesselt den Leser bis zum Schluß. Montanari verbindet hier eine alte russische Legende über einen Unsterblichen namens Koschtschai mit dem Hier und Jetzt. Im Mittelpunkt zwei illegal adop...more
Fast-paced thriller
A high-flying and ambitious new York Attorney, Michael Roman, who is one step away from the top DA job and appears to have all that he could wish for, suddenly finds his life crumbling all around him. His beautiful twin daughters were adopted from his parents’ homeland of Estonia. A crazy man from that country believes that he has a strong claim on the girls and heads to the USA to take back what he believes to be rightfully his.
If that were the extent of the story, it wouldn’...more
A high-flying and ambitious new York Attorney, Michael Roman, who is one step away from the top DA job and appears to have all that he could wish for, suddenly finds his life crumbling all around him. His beautiful twin daughters were adopted from his parents’ homeland of Estonia. A crazy man from that country believes that he has a strong claim on the girls and heads to the USA to take back what he believes to be rightfully his.
If that were the extent of the story, it wouldn’...more
Struggled to get to grips with the pacing at first, but once it got going, boy did it go! While I found some of the plot to be fairly predictable there were a few moments that surprised me. The connection between Aleks and his daughters was wonderful to read as it added an element of foreboding to the story that I felt was lacking elsewhere. While not something I'd normally read, it was recommended by a friend and I'd not be adverse to reading another of his books.
Dec 12, 2009
Vivienne
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Certainly a fast-paced thriller but I have to admit that I did not find it quite as engaging as his Jessica Balzano and Kevin Byrne series.
Part of the reason was that I did not take to his main protagonist, Michael Roman, and his wife at all. They just never came alive for me. Strangely the 'villain' of the piece, who was not actually a serial killer despite the publicity material, was more fleshed out and reminded me of Keyser Söze, though not as sophisticated.
It just seemed as though Montanar...more
Aug 12, 2011
Julie Carson
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I read this after my experiences reading Broken Angels and Buried Alive. It took a while for me to get into, then had me hooked, as you never know with this author who is going to win the day. Some bouts of graphic description which made even me wince! I enjoyed it, especially as I didn't find it formulaic or predictable.
Although I've enjoyed other Richard Montanari books, I didn't like this one. It didn't make much sense. The "supernatural" elements didn't work for me. It wasn't very believable. The characters made some stupid decisions, 'nuff said.
Fantastic! First of his novels I've read out of the Balzano and Byrne series. Will read the rest of his stand alones!
This book hasn't been released in the US yet. Richard Montanari is one of my favorite authors, so I ordered this one from Amazon UK. I didnt realize when I bought it that it was a stand-alone novel and didnt include the detectives of his regular series. Once I saw that this book was more about a dark fairy tale, I was a little bit disappointed. I do really like Montanari's style, and it made the book relatively enjoyable after all, but it was really more of a story as opposed to a mystery. I can...more
While this was a decent enough crime thriller, it wasn't a patch on his series set in Philadelphia.
Excellent read.
Read in 2 days.Gripping story
brilliant
Jan 31, 2012
Helensvale Library
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An okay read but much prefer his Byrne/Balzano series, didn't much like the Grimm fairytale type aspect to it and the characters were very formulaic.
Bit hard to get into at first but once the action started it was OK.
Disappointing read from this author.Loved his other books but something missing with this one.
Apr 30, 2013
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Richard Montanari is the Top Ten Sunday Times bestselling author of Rosary Girls and Skin Gods, as well as the internationally acclaimed thrillers Kiss of Evil, Deviant Ways and The Violet Hour. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Series:
* Jack Paris
* Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne
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Series:
* Jack Paris
* Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne
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