The Big Exit

by David Carnoy

By the acclaimed author of Knife Music, (Overlook, 2010) The Big Exit is a suspenseful crime novel that keeps the surprises coming right up to the end. Richie Forman is fresh out of prison. By night, he impersonates Frank Sinatra in San Francisco's lounges and corporate parties. But then his ex-best friend - the man who stole his fiancee while he was in prison - is found dead in his garage, and Richie is the prime suspect. In a murder mystery with sharp twists and turns, Carnoy weaves his characters like a master.

• ISBN10: 1590205154
• ISBN13: 9781590205150
• Publish Date: 11 October 2012 (first published 1 October 2012)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Overlook Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 322
• Language: English

Reviews

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The Big Exit is the first book by David Carnoy that I have read. I didn't know what to expect, but when I saw it on offer from Partners In Crime Tours for review I thought I would give it a try. I have to say that I was not disappointed, which means it will hopefully not be the last book by David Carnoy that I read.

This book is well written and moves at a decent pace. The characters and the setting (the Silicon Valley) are very believable. Although there is plenty of description in the dialogue, it is never too much and adds to the plot, rather than distracting the reader from it. The plot centres around the murder of a high-profile internet businessman and those who are suspected of committing the crime. The prime suspects are his former friend/associate and his wife. Both have fairly good reasons as to why they would want to kill him. There is also circumstantial evidence at the scene of the crime that would seem to incriminate at least one of them. Add to this that his friend is not long released from prison for something that the dead man may have committed, along with the fact that the deceased's wife is also the former friend's fiance, and you have enough intrigue and twists to keep you guessing to the end.

I won't give away anything here that may spoil the book for anyone else, but I was guessing almost to the end and the way it turned out was not how I expected. This makes The Big Exit a real page turner. Once I got closer to the end I was hardly able to put it down.

If you are a fan of a good murder mystery then this is for you. If you like reading stories that are hard to predict, then this is for you as well. This book is definitely worth reading and I look forward to reading more books by David Carnoy.