- Hardcover: 512 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition (May 18 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0547315945
- ISBN-13: 978-0547315942
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 726 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,550,473 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Harvey is a master craftsman." The Guardian "Impassioned, at times heartbreaking story... confirms Harvey as one of our most accomplished writers in any genre." The Sunday Telegraph"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Ruth and Simon reluctantly agree to let their young
teenage daughter, Heather, go camping in Cornwall
with her best friend, Kelly, and her family. While on a vacation
of their own, Ruth and Simon get the news that both
girls are missing. Kelly is found alive, but after several days
of searching, Heather’s body is discovered inside some old
mine works. Although the police detective leading the investigation harbors suspicions of foul play, the verdict is that the death was accidental.
The emotional strain of Heather’s death ruins Ruth and
Simon’s marriage. After the divorce, Ruth moves from London
to Cambridgeshire, where she remarries and has another child
—a daughter, Beatrice. But when Beatrice is close to the age
Heather was when she died, she too mysteriously disappears.
Helen Walker (of Harvey’s 2008 novel, Gone to Ground),
one of the officers involved in the investigation, travels to
Cornwall to seek connections between Beatrice’s disappearance and Heather’s death.Will Grayson (also of Gone to Ground), the officer leading the inquiry, is torn between his
fears that a recently paroled child abuser might be responsible
and his growing suspicion that someone closer to home
might have taken Beatrice. With the stakes impossibly high
and time running out, Helen and Will draw closer to their
quarry while the truth seems to slip farther into the distance.
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This review is from: Far Cry (Hardcover)
Ruth and Simon Pierce reluctantly allowed their daughter, Heather, to go on a camping trip with her best friend. She soon disappeared, her body later found in a shaft, the girl dead from a fall. The couple was divorced and Ruth remarried, soon giving birth to another daughter, Beatrice. Years later, this girl too disappeared, setting off a manhunt.DI Will Grayson is obsessed with the case and he suspects a recently released child abuser as having abducted the young girl. He and his partner, DS Helen Walker, conduct deep investigations into all aspects of past and present crimes. This is a police procedural at its best. John Harvey creates mountains of suspense, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages quickly. His command of language and character is flawless, and the plot impeccably constructed. The novel, 500 pages long, yet written with simplicity and economy, never bogs the reader down, and it is highly recommended.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (8 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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"If there is a hell, it's now and here.",
By Luan Gaines "luansos" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Far Cry (Hardcover)
This is a harrowing tale of child abduction on England's Cornwall coast that bridges 1995 to 2005, when Ruth Pierce, suffers the loss of her ten-year-old daughter, Heather, and survives the ordeal only to have another daughter, Beatrice, abducted at the same age years later. At the crux of the unfolding horror are an elusive pedophile, Mitchell Roberts, and the investigative team of DI Will Grayson and DS Helen Walker of Cambridge, the supporting characters idiosyncratic, bearing dark secrets of their own. Harvey, who has an impressive string of titles to his credit, is a prolific writer whose novels are defined by solid plots and a deep appreciation for the nuances of human behavior. The depth of characterization in Far Cry lends authenticity to what might have been a simple thriller.Harvey's story is peopled with a broad range of personalities, from the duplicitous Mitchell Roberts to Ruth Price/Lawson, a distraught mother reliving a nightmare, to the families touched by tragedy, whether random young girls who are the targets of a particularly heinous criminal and the gypsies who never stay in one place long and harbor a deep resentment for authority. Not the least of the beautifully nuanced characters is the relationship between Grayson and Walker, who tease each other mercilessly but are deadly serious when it comes to the welfare of children in danger. Will is a happily married man, Helen less affable of late, caught up in an inappropriate romance and the need to move on, to make a positive career move. From the traumatic disappearance of Heather and a school friend that leaves one girl alive and the other dead, to the unbelievable recurrence of the happily remarried Ruth's loss of her daughter, Beatrice, Harvey links past with present, exposing the thriving business of child pornography and the opportunism of the internet. Best of all, Far Cry is distinguished by the author's grasp of human behavior and the murky territory of best intentions and outright evil. Ruth's experience is shattering, her husbands, Simon and Andrew, unable to plumb the depths of her despair. These characters are flawed, prone to mistakes and overreaching, the plot taut and riveting from start to finish. From Will's exceptional wife, Lorraine, to his feisty partner, Helen, and his nemesis, Mitchell Roberts, Far Cry is a brilliant mix of human nature at its best and worst, the damaged and the damned. Luan Gaines/2010. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Harvey doesn't travel well,
By Edgar Mcgarvey - Published on Amazon.com
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John Harvey writes very, very well. His secondary characters are beautifully drawn and evoke commitment by the reader from beginning to end. That's where his work peaks. His investigators, Grayson & Walker, are shallow, barely credible, and invoke neither interest nor sympathy from the reader. This is a lot closer to chick-lit than a mystery. If you want chick-lit with an undertone of police procedural, it's a 5 star book. But if you want a mystery/procedural with villains and victims who ring terribly true and invoke your emotions, it's barely a 3 star. That's a judgment that reflects just how bad Harvey is with his portrayal of Grayson & Walker, but also testament to how well he can draw the reader into the thoughts and feelings of the other actors in the drama. It's hard to escape the feeling that he has lost faith in the notion that "civilized people" can pay and support decent folk to keep the barbarians in check. Grayson & Walker as agents of justice?One can only hope that either Harvey moves back to Nottingham, or better still, that Charles Resnick will transfer to Cambridge. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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History Repeated,
By Ted Feit - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Far Cry (Hardcover)
Ruth and Simon Pierce reluctantly allowed their daughter, Heather, to go on a camping trip with her best friend. She soon disappeared, her body later found in a shaft, the girl dead from a fall. The couple was divorced and Ruth remarried, soon giving birth to another daughter, Beatrice. Years later, this girl too disappeared, setting off a manhunt.DI Will Grayson is obsessed with the case and he suspects a recently released child abuser as having abducted the young girl. He and his partner, DS Helen Walker, conduct deep investigations into all aspects of past and present crimes. This is a police procedural at its best. John Harvey creates mountains of suspense, with enough twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages quickly. His command of language and character is flawless, and the plot impeccably constructed. The novel, 500 pages long, yet written with simplicity and economy, never bogs the reader down, and it is highly recommended. |
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