Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil (Paperback)

from devilish2

Immediately after reading the second Harry Hole book, this shows up all the deficiencies of Jo Nesbo. This book has characters that have been developed with enormous empathy, they have complex, believable, real-world backstories. And there is humour, quiet and deft. Just a beautiful book.

from smik

A very readable book with plenty of puzzles to solve, and a number of personal interest stories. The main puzzle is who has put the bomb on the bus and why? One of the victims Violette LeBrac is no stranger to terrorism and the media is quick to make the association and to infer that she has some...

from Herenya

In some ways Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil is a departure for Melina Marchetta. Her previous novels are categorised as YA and are either set in Australia or the fantasy world of Skuldenore. This one is about Chief Inspector Bish Ortley, a middle-aged divorced London cop with a bit of a drinking...

from NikkiK94

When Bish Ortley recieves the call that a bomb has went off on the bus carrying his daughter, he immediately rushes to the scene to find his daughter is fine even though others have been killed. As the investigators discover the identities of the passengers on board, one passenger in particular t...

from nbmars

Melina Marchetta is an expert at characterization, a skill she evinces in this crime fiction book for adults (her previous books have been for the young adult market). Bashir ("Bish") Ortley is a chief inspector with the London police, although he is currently on suspension. He receives a call th...