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The Book of Dead Authors
Book by Rees, Emlyn
280 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1998
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About the author
Emlyn Rees
24 books49 followersEMLYN REES is a fiction and non-fiction author, editor and director of the Dark & Stormy Crime Film, TV & Book Festival, and an associate copywriter at We Are Adult.
He spent his early twenties traveling around Asia and pouring drinks in London for the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Princess Anne, before joining the Curtis Brown literary agency and having his first crime novel published aged twenty-five, his second a year later, and then co-writing seven comedies with Josie Lloyd, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller Come Together.
Emlyn’s race-against-the-clock thriller, Hunted, was published in 2012 by Constable & Robinson in the UK and HarperCollins in the US. Hunted is optioned and in in development with Biting Point films, scripted and being directed by Eric Styles. The sequel, Wanted, was published in 2014 in the UK by Little, Brown and in the US by HarperCollins.
Emlyn lives in Brighton with his wife Joanna Rees, who also writes under the name Josie Lloyd. We’re Going on a Bar Hunt and The Very Hungover Caterpillar, both parodies, written by Emlyn and Josie, and illustrated by the brilliant Gillian Johnson, are out now, published by Little, Brown.
He spent his early twenties traveling around Asia and pouring drinks in London for the likes of Sylvester Stallone and Princess Anne, before joining the Curtis Brown literary agency and having his first crime novel published aged twenty-five, his second a year later, and then co-writing seven comedies with Josie Lloyd, including the Number One Sunday Times bestseller Come Together.
Emlyn’s race-against-the-clock thriller, Hunted, was published in 2012 by Constable & Robinson in the UK and HarperCollins in the US. Hunted is optioned and in in development with Biting Point films, scripted and being directed by Eric Styles. The sequel, Wanted, was published in 2014 in the UK by Little, Brown and in the US by HarperCollins.
Emlyn lives in Brighton with his wife Joanna Rees, who also writes under the name Josie Lloyd. We’re Going on a Bar Hunt and The Very Hungover Caterpillar, both parodies, written by Emlyn and Josie, and illustrated by the brilliant Gillian Johnson, are out now, published by Little, Brown.
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March 5, 2022
This was probably the quickest DNF ever.
Confusing plot line and overdone prose, thankk goodness I bought it for fifty cents at a book sale and didn't pay full price.
Confusing plot line and overdone prose, thankk goodness I bought it for fifty cents at a book sale and didn't pay full price.
March 14, 2026
Easy to read, zipped along. Ok, a bit far fetched but covered all angles as it reached the big twist.
Wrong I suppose, but it was nice to read about a bit of violent revenge by a woman.
Wrong I suppose, but it was nice to read about a bit of violent revenge by a woman.
January 11, 2011
THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS:
While parts of this novel only annoyed me (really, I had enough literary posturing in college to serve me a lifetime!), the story arc with Jack/David Jackson caught my attention. Was David's first death supposed to be a hit by the Thriller Killers, and did Jack mess it all up by replacing his twin? And what will happen now that he has?
I'll admit, I was intrigued by the mystery here, and never saw the ending coming. However, I was dissatisfied that after all the build-up, our ending was not bigger.
While parts of this novel only annoyed me (really, I had enough literary posturing in college to serve me a lifetime!), the story arc with Jack/David Jackson caught my attention. Was David's first death supposed to be a hit by the Thriller Killers, and did Jack mess it all up by replacing his twin? And what will happen now that he has?
I'll admit, I was intrigued by the mystery here, and never saw the ending coming. However, I was dissatisfied that after all the build-up, our ending was not bigger.
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