Weekend in Weighton Mr Terry Murphy 9780957585119 Books
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First-time private investigator Eddie Greene is having a bad weekend. It’s about to get worse … When he finds the slab-cold body of his first client, he knows something’s up – he only spoke to her fifteen minutes earlier. Free-wheeling, swash-buckling, trash-talking Eddie is not just out of place in a humdrum northern town. He’s out of depth on his first case, out of funds from a now deceased client and out of favour with Weighton’s big society. As Friday night slides into Saturday morning, each twist in the case turns a bad situation worse. The police want him for murder, the local crime boss wants him dead, the mayor wants him out of town and his girlfriend wants him out of her life. Increasingly desperate, Eddie takes on all-comers in a barnstorming bid to crack the case and clear his name. And somewhere between all the froth and fury, his affections are reclaimed by the girl who got away – but will she abide ‘til Monday? “Great fun with some cracking jokes – it reminded me of the Lynne Truss serial on Radio 4.” Sue Fletcher, Deputy MD, Hodder & Stoughton “Faultless – engaging, visual and fast-paced. Lots of action and a strong sense of tongue-in-cheek.” Caroline Smailes, Harper Collins author, ‘In Search of Adam’. “It’s like ‘Film Noir’ meets ‘Phoenix Nights’!” Mark Roman, author, 'Ultimate Inferior Beings'. “A wonderfully distinctive voice – fresh and idiosyncratic.” Carl Ashmore, author, ‘The Time Hunters’ series.
Weekend in Weighton Mr Terry Murphy 9780957585119 Books
26 year old Ed Green relies on a bicycle for transport, lives with his mum, and does not have a steady job, but none that keeps down his ambition to be the greatest private detective in the history of Market Weighton. His very first case is a doozie, involving murder, blackmail, politics, corruption, and an African prince. Armed with his dazzling wit (in both senses of the word) Weighton’s greatest criminal minds are no match for Mr G.This is one of the most satisfying murder mysteries I have read in years. Every page, narrated by the ambitious sleuth himself, is replete with deadpan humour and wit that never gets in the way of a murder mystery plot which is neither trite nor contrived. The characters are fun and well developed, the pace is upbeat without being rushed, and the ambiance is charming without being forced. It is consistently funny and entertaining. Highly recommended
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Weekend in Weighton Mr Terry Murphy 9780957585119 Books Reviews
Weekend in Weighton is a funny book. It's a murder mystery narrated in a wise-cracking modern-noir style, and the author is witty and original in his throw-aways and one liners. The plot unwraps in a slightly non-linear fashion, and eventually turns into a flat tack run to the solution of the mystery, the narrator pattering all the while, and it's a thoroughly enjoyable journey. I love this kind of re-iterative crime drama based in a limited amount of time and a small area, so the characters keep colliding and, thus, advancing the plot and mystery with each iteration. It's reminiscent of Elmore Leonard, and also of a whole movie crime genre; it's easy to see the influence of early Guy Ritchie films on the novel, such as Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
What confused me in the novel was where exactly we were. The narrative voice sounded American, but was full of English-isms. Eddie G., the engaging Starlight riding narrator, is occasionally referred to as being Mexican with Cherokee blood. It would make sense in an American setting, but he calls his mother Mum. This cultural conflation was enough to pull me out of the book at times.
Overall, however, it's an enjoyable book with great momentum and a satisfying ending. I'm hoping the cultural confusion gets sorted out for the sequel. Although, I could just be missing the grand joke, perhaps.
Mr. Murphy is so in love with the -hard boiled- detective genre that he's forgotten he set the mystery in a small town in England. His writing style can be amusing, and it has it's moments, but to use a scientific term, it is supersaturated with style which over time crystallizes into a very clear nothing. I couldn't figure out what the mystery was at the start and was wondering why the hero was getting all these death threats and beatings. Once I found out, I thought "They're getting upset over that? People are willing to kill each other in a rural English town over this?" This book is completely out of balance. As humor, it exhausts the stylistic joke from overuse. As a mystery/story, it doesn't seem anchored to anything. The book is busy with style that the story doesn't seem very important to the writer.
I hope Mr. Murphy can pull it together for future books, because there is a lot of potential there, just crazy proportions for this particular recipe. (2 cups salt....one tablespoon flour).
I was vascillating between a 3- and a 4-star rating, then I re-read the one-, two-, and three-stars, gave the four-stars a what-the-heck read and decided that although I really enjoyed Weekend it wasn’t “all that and a side of chips,” so I’m rating it a low four-. I didn’t find the few curious inconsistencies or chronic humor as offputting as some of the 3-star ratings but neither would I have been as rhapsodic as some of the fours, so here goes
At the outset let me mention that this IS a British mystery (actually more of a Brit-American mutt), so if you are in the least put off by foreign terms or idioms you might want to consider another selection. I found quite a few terms and inside jokes that I was clueless about (and I have friends in the UK that I communicate with regularly), such as who the heck is Fred Dibner (turns out – thanks to Google - it’s Dibnah) but I didn’t consider that a reason to abandon ship and I’m glad I didn’t. For accuracy freaks, if it’s going to bother you when the protagonist states, “I thumbed her wrist,” checking a body for a pulse when most people realize you wouldn’t use a thumb since the thumb has a pulse of its own, again…you might want to consider another selection.
I enjoyed this author’s style enough to not be put off by a rather predictable plot, and the repartee between characters was often on the side of gallows humor (although that may be ‘stretching it’ – oopsie), which I like a lot. Quite a bit of action, although anyone experienced with Tae Kwon Do may find nits to pick. I wasn’t given squat for this honest review, but honestly I’d give it a recommend. All things considered, here are the standings
(1) Zero paranormal/supernatural/magic components;
(2) Occasional profanity;
(3) No gooey romance;
(4) No explicit sex;
(5) Some violence, but not graphic;
(6) No child abuse;
(7) No animal abuse;
(8) No alternative lifestyle agenda or promotion;
(9) Not a cliffhanger ending;
(10) Grammar and punctuation police, come ahead on I know you'll find something
26 year old Ed Green relies on a bicycle for transport, lives with his mum, and does not have a steady job, but none that keeps down his ambition to be the greatest private detective in the history of Market Weighton. His very first case is a doozie, involving murder, blackmail, politics, corruption, and an African prince. Armed with his dazzling wit (in both senses of the word) Weighton’s greatest criminal minds are no match for Mr G.
This is one of the most satisfying murder mysteries I have read in years. Every page, narrated by the ambitious sleuth himself, is replete with deadpan humour and wit that never gets in the way of a murder mystery plot which is neither trite nor contrived. The characters are fun and well developed, the pace is upbeat without being rushed, and the ambiance is charming without being forced. It is consistently funny and entertaining. Highly recommended
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