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Work detailsThe Colorado Kid by Stephen King
I've seen plenty of movies based on his work but this is actually the first book I've read by Stephen King and I really enjoyed it. Absolutely loved the characters of Dave and Vince. (  ) stevejwales | Apr 26, 2013 |  While I am a huge Stephen King fan, I must say that I was NOT impressed with this book. It can hardly be considered a murder mystery as it ignores some of the basic rules of detective fiction. I would not recommend this book to any first time King readers. (  ) russell.alynn | Apr 16, 2013 | I picked this book up because I am a fan of a Haven series, and in the credits I read it is based on it. The mysterious murder of Colorado Kid is not covered in the series, but is mentioned many times as part of the town's history. So I wanted to learn more about it. Main characters from the show are not even mentioned in the book, the storytellers here are cute pair of newspaper reporters: Vince & Dave. Not seeing anything cute about them? Well, you gotta know them to love them. :D When I finished reading all I could say was: ARGH! I don't know why expected normal mystery novel from [a:Stephen King|3389|Stephen King|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1261866457p2/3389.jpg]. If he could write that, he probably would not be one of my favorite authors. No. When Stephen King writes a mystery novel - it a true mystery. We are presented with all of the dots (clues), but there is no straight line that can connect them. Many of the facts do not make sense, and probably never will. Mystery, remember? (  ) bookwormdreams | Apr 10, 2013 | This was just kind of silly. King always has trouble with the endings of books, so this just doesn't have one. I don't think I'm giving anything away that I shouldn't by saying that. It's exactly like reading a book that has the whole ending ripped out, and then someone who didn't know the story tries to wrap it up and tack on an ending. Up until that point I was OK with it. (  ) bongo_x | Apr 6, 2013 | Not really a crime book, despite the cover, title and the series. This is Stephen King reflecting on what makes a mystery and what makes a story. Interesting reading, I am becoming quite interested in King's fiction. ( ) nmele | Apr 6, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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But that's just the beginning of the mystery. Because the more they learn about the man and the baffling circumstances of his death, the less they understand. Was it an impossible crime? Or something stranger still...?
No one but Stephen King could tell this story about the darkness at the heart of the unknown and our compulsion to investigate the unexplained. With echoes of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and the work of Graham Greene, one of the world's great storytellers presents a surprising tale that explores the nature of mystery itself...
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On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues, and it's more than a year before the man is identified.… (more)
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