Review
The Hundredth Man got me, and got me good - I
thought I'd skim a few pages before bed and before I knew it,
it was two o'clock in the morning and I was sitting in a once
hot, but now barely tepid bath tub, turning the final pages.
Although there are a number of gruesome murders in
The
Hundredth Man the violence didn't seem gratuitous -
something that has turned me off a number of thriller writers.
Instead there was a purpose behind every taut and structured
page - making for a thrilling detective mystery. The
characters are fascinating with plenty of development room for
sequels and possibly even a prequel.
Beyond the Book
Jack Kerley spent twenty
years in advertising before writing
The
Hundredth Man, his first novel. In
talking about himself he says, 'I enjoy
playing guitar, and will fish for anything,
anytime, anywhere...I spend a goodly amount
of time in Fairhope, Alabama, on the eastern
shore of Mobile Bay, and a fine place for
writing and fishing....All things
considered, I’d prefer being buried in a
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