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The Violet HourSnagging.org In association with Amazon.co.ukOnline Shop | Property Guides | Kitchen & Home | Garden Tools | Power Tools | Consumer Electronics Get the Snagging Checklist Here!  Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780140269222 ISBN: 0140269223 Label: Penguin Books Ltd Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: July 29, 1999 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Studio: Penguin Books Ltd Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Richard Montanari combines some unusual ingredients (the ethnic sociology of Cleveland, Ohio; the poetry of T.S. Eliot; the eccentricities of e-mail and chat rooms) with some of the more familiar elements of genre fiction (the hungry journalist who lucks into a good story; a series of current crimes linked to an old atrocity) to excellent effect in The Violet Hour. Writer Nicky Stella--besieged by debts and responsibilities of his own--tries to save his career by finding out why poetry students who went to a party at Case Western Reserve University 20 years ago are suddenly dying in very nasty ways. With its eclectic mixture of new technologies and classical murder mystery plot, The Violet Hour is a sleek and dark story of delayed revenge. Montanari's well-received and equally chilling first thriller, Deviant Way, is available in paperback. --Dick Adler Average Rating:
 Rating: - A mind-boggling thrillerWhen I read Richard Montanari's DEVIANT WAY, I thought it the best thriller I'd read in years. I literally could not put the book down until I'd read the very last page. With THE VIOLET HOUR he's once again written a thriller full of tension and chills. We start off in the mind of a killer who has subtly plotted revenge for an event that occurred on Halloween night, 1978. From there we're taken through the methodical killings of all those involved in the event. Nicholas Stella, a freelance writer, thinks he's stumbled onto a story of the week, when one of those killed is a priest he knew personally. Little does he know how deeply he will become involved. This book is a must read for anyone who enjoys thrillers. With the wonderful pacing and believable characters, the reader will be hooked from the moment they read the first page. The only problem is...now I can hardly wait for the next Montanari thriller! Rating: - A THRILLER WITH HEARTTHE VIOLET HOUR by Richard Montanari is a sparkling gem amidst this summer's beach-bound thriller/mystery releases. In the tradition of Ridley Pearson, Montanari delivers up character-driven suspense with equal parts tension and twist with a dash of humor. Reporter Nicky Stella is a worn-down freelancer with more contacts than cash, looking for a story which will pay enough to get a loan shark off his back and catch up his bills for his grandfather's nursing care. An expose` on the death of a local priest seems just the ticket to get him back on his feet again, both financially and emotionally. Nothing is ever as simple as it seems, not for Nicky, and certainly not for Amelia Saintsbury, who finds herself at the center of a tightening circle of death. I bought THE VIOLET HOUR for the plot, but loved it for the voice and characters. Now I'm anxiously awaiting Montanari's next book! Rating: - A SCARY, SEXY, COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN, PAGE TURNER!!After only a couple of paragraphs Mr. Montanari has set his hook in you, and after that it's a read every word thriller that's impossible to put down. I came to this book by accident, not having heard of the author before. I'm now on my way to reading his first book entitled "Deviant Way," and look forward as well to his next and all that come after. I don't know where he's been, but I guarantee he's going to be around for a long time. A MUST READ!! Rating: - In the tradition of The Red DragonOn Halloween night twenty years ago, a group of college students threw a party in which the alcohol and drugs led to tragedy. Now those people who attended that party are being killed and their bodies disfigured in monstrous ways. Nicholas Stella, a freelance writer, stumbles onto the connection to the killings. With a suburban housewife who is trying to write the great American novel, Nick tries to stop the killings and get a front page, by-line story out of the madness. Any book which can make me turn on all the lights and sit anxiously waiting for my companion to come home is definitely a realistic thriller. The surprise ending is guaranteed to send tears coursing down your cheeks. Montanari has crafted a story in the realm of The Red Dragon, which to me is far more terrifying than The Silence of the Lambs; read it in the daylight.  Try searching the Internet for "The Violet Hour" or Ebay for "The Violet Hour". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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