Shallow Graves, Jeffery Deaver
Shallow Graves, Jeffery Deaver
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Shallow Graves

Author: Jeffery Deaver

Narrator: Holter Graham

Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2008

Synopsis

From The Bone Collector to the brand-new James Bond masterwork, “there is no thriller writer today like Jeffery Deaver”(San Jose Mercury News)!

John Pellam had a promising career as a Hollywood stuntman, until a tragedy sidetracked him. Now he’s a divorced, hard-living location scout who travels the country in search of shooting sites, and pulling his camper into any small town brings out the locals seeking their fifteen minutes of fame. But behind an idyllic locale in upstate New York is a hotbed of violence, lust, and conspiracy, and Pellam is thrust into the heart of an unfolding drama and the search for a killer when a brutal murder has him hunting down justice on behalf of a dear friend.

About Jeffery Deaver

Chicago born author, Jeffery Deaver, has been richly rewarded for his successful career as a an American mystery/crime writer, including being a three-time Ellery Queen Reader's Award winner, and several different newspaper best of lists around the world.

Lincoln Rhyme, a quadriplegic detective is the main character in his most popular series of novels, such as The Broken Window. His time spent practicing law before he embarked on his writing career definitely gave him greater insight into the cases about which he writes.

He was writing about criminal hackers in his 2001 book, The Blue Nowhere. He also established a computer crime unit within the pages of the book. Several of his novels have been adapted for tv and movies. The most popular among them would be The Bone Collector, starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie.

Deaver was chosen to write an official James Bond novel, Carter Blanche, published on May 25, 2011, making him the second American author to participate in the series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara

John Pellam is in Cleary, New York to line up locations to film a Hollywood movie. Some residents are excited, hoping to land a part in the film. Other residents - for reasons of their own - want John and his partner Marty to go away forever. Harassment ensues and before long Marty is dead in suspic......more

Goodreads review by Jim

This is the beginning of a series. Jeffrey Deaver wrote this book under a pseudonym and it was early in his career. In this one, we follow Pellam as he is a location scout for a movie company. He visits a small rural town and trouble rises for him. Someone doesn't want him or his movie company to sh......more

Goodreads review by Jim

John Pellam was a movie location scout along with his partner Marty as they rolled into Cleary, New York. However, things were bound to get out of hand and go sideways. Seems like in an instant Marty is killed when he's blown up by a car while trying to smoke crack. Pellam knows better that somethin......more

Goodreads review by Jessie

3.5 stars for Shallow Graves by Jeffery Deaver. Deaver has such a captivating way of writing, however, his earlier works seem to be missing this and also missing his twists and turns he’s now known for. Nevertheless, I thought this novel was an easy and enjoyable read. I’ll definitely be finishing t......more

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