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title: "Birdman (Jack Caffery Book 1)"
brand: "mo hayder"
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# Birdman (Jack Caffery Book 1)

**Brand:** mo hayder
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- **What is this?** Birdman (Jack Caffery Book 1) by mo hayder
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Birdman (Jack Caffery Book 1)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Awful yet Awesome
  

*by M***H on Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2020*

First things first, this kindle book has a lot of formatting oddities. Some scenes transition mid-paragraph and others with no notable break between paragraphs. Just be aware of that when reading.************************Brutal and disturbing like all the best crime stories, Birdman digs into the brain. From Veronica's understandable though never laudable behavior to the origins of our too-much-a-cipher protagonist's pathos, Hayder never blinks.Comparatively, the American crime thrillers and procedurals I've read are sanitary even when they're being ugly. I keep trying to quantify what I mean, but nothing feels right, so I keep taking it back out. Maybe someday I will put my finger on it and share.Hayder handles the scenes of violence and violation matter-of-factly, never squeamishly and never pruriently. The horrors she depicts are recounted with skill, knowing that fading to black would sanitize the story too much just as focusing too finely would betray the casual reader's trust in the author. It's a fine line a novel like this must straddle, and Hayder does it well.We also get a clear-eyed look at how mundane office politics can taint the success of a case, leading to lethal consequences, and how the same can serve to hide awful truths lurking in the murky blur of our peripheral vision.The crime pokes (or do the crimes poke?) at the tender underbelly of modern sensibility, tapping both shame and horror in equal measure, then graft it onto mundane delivery to amplify the sense of filth and fear. Dread comes strongest late in the book when it's made clear that even those living virtuously are not immune to the predation of a monster willing to indulge itself.Despite the big cast, there is only one protagonist here, and it's Caffery. That unfortunately makes the protagonist the weakest part of the story, coming to life only when he's sparring with his girlfriend, both of them calculating angles of attack as proactive defense. There's a verisimilitude here that's not always easy to achieve. The rest of the time he observes, argues, and lusts without ever really bringing it to a place where I feel anything for or about him. He is competent, intelligent, and lucky after a fashion, but he's really not very interesting. He just is.The biggest complaint I read before picking this up - and indeed it was one of the reasons I did and I make no apologies for that - was that it was gory and violent. Most of it's not. Most of it is just the story of a detective trying to catch a killer, his numb life, and the machinations that enable the crimes. But when Hayder engages the violence, she does so without hesitation or remorse and she pulls only one punch.I've already started The Treatment.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A genuinely creepy novel
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2002*

"Birdman" by Mo Hayder is one of the rare suspense novels published today that is willing to be something more than completely formulaic.  While not perfect, Hayder has created a novel that is suspenseful, disturbing, original and entertaining.  Her characters are complex and interesting, and she displays a gift for setting the mood.The action takes place in London during the summer of 1999; five bodies have been discovered at a construction site, each one containing a horrifying surprise.  The reader follows Detective Inspector Caffery as he struggles to catch up with the killer, even as more bodies appear.  As he draws closer, a surprising plot twist with 100 pages to go only adds to the suspense.It is Caffery's character that really makes this novel. He is haunted by the disappearance of his brother when they were both children, and, as a result, he struggles with relationships and has a dark edge to his personality.  As he races against the clock to find the killer, he struggles with his own inner demons, and comes across as much less squeaky clean than your typical suspense hero.Then there are the crimes themselves; in a genre that has seen just about everything, Hayder managed to stake out a truly original (and gruesome) M.O.  Along those lines, if you have a weak stomach, you'll probably want to skip this novel.  The violence isn't gratuitous, but it is graphic.Ultimately, this is an entertaining read, with above average writing and some genuine thrills.  The fact that it takes place in England also adds a twist for American readers, as firearms are nowhere to be found.  Moreover, the descriptions of police procedure are detailed enough to be interesting without being overbearing.  If you're looking for a fun novel for the weekend, you would do well to pick up "Birdman".Enjoy!

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    Re-Release From 21 Years Ago !!
  

*by L***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2020*

I have packed this in at 27% and deleted it......firstly, I am disappointed to see it's one of these stories re-released years later (21 in this case) that states the published date is 4th May 2009. I'm getting a little cheesed off at authors or publishers doing this. Sometimes, though not in this case, the covers also get amended and even the titles. It's all a bit sly and sneaky to me. Sadly, I've gone past the "return for refund" date as well....she also goes with American spellings, not English. Along with this, she writes like an American, utilising a LOT of acronyms without explaining what they are, so the reader has to keep being interrupted by looking them up....I finally jacked it in (pun intended) when I started chapter 17 with this passage, "Early 1980s. UMDS. Gross Anatomy"......I sighed very heavily and gave up as I just wasn't prepared to look up UMDS to learn what she was referring to. I'd given up the will to live with it. I looked up a TA incision and again, Google couldn't tell me what that stands for, neither for mazis, CDT counsellor, IC3, wash-rock.....I remain none the wiser, and just bloody irritated. It is really distracting and ruins the whole flow of what sounded like it would be a really good tale. She would also refer to stuff and sometimes explain what it was later and sometimes wouldn't bother, which is no help as you read it....for example, "Someone stick an Inci over her." I Googled this and they didn't know (though she did explain what it was in the next chapter.....one of those white scenes-of-crime tents.) We had "Caffery dug a small niche in the wall with his black thumbnail." The way that's written is that we ought to know about this black nail but I flicked back and there wasn't some mention I'd missed. Nope, we got an explanation a couple of chapters further on......well, that's no good. We needed to know when it was first talked about !! I was TOTALLY confused at the following," Stake out every hospital in area 4-RG, PD and PL. I'll start with RG....St. Dunstan's...." cos' this is as clear as mud, isn't it !!!A shame, as I was really warming to Jack as a character, though he does have a bit of a mental side to him. I did keep struggling with his partner's name, Essex, reading it as a place in the first instance when it came up a lot of the time. Especially as the story's based not too far from that county.We went back in time to Jack aged eight, though a page or two on and he'd suddenly become nine. Girl's school should be girls' and I've heard of Ketamine but not Ketalar. I didn't like the way victims' names were written....Shellene, Petra, Wilcox and Kayleigh.......Wilcox had a Christian name so why not use it ?? Jack meets a receptionist as he heads to interview a witness, who quizzed him about where he'd parked for a bit of small talk, but THEN said, "I haven't got a choice. I'm not leaving the car at home, too much building work-just trust some workman to accidentally chuck a spanner through the windscreen"..............huh ???? Why would Jack need to know this ? This was their very first meeting, too !! Very peculiar indeed.I've not deleted this from my Archived Items and perhaps an updated version may get pushed through or another revision in twenty years and I can finish the story !!

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