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螚 蠂畏渭蔚委伪 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀
螌蟿伪谓 蟿慰 蠁蟻喂魏蟿维 蟺伪蟻伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅渭苇谓慰 蟺蟿蠋渭伪 渭喂伪蟼 谓蔚伪蟻萎蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼 蔚谓蟿慰蟺委味蔚蟿伪喂 魏慰谓蟿维 蟽蟿慰 伪蟺慰渭慰谓蠅渭苇谓慰 蠂蠅蟻喂蠈 螠维谓伪渭, 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪蟻维味蔚喂 蟿慰 螖蠈魏蟿慰蟻伪 螡蟿苇畏尾喂谓蟿 围维谓蟿蔚蟻 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 蟿慰 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟼 蠈蟿喂 萎蟿伪谓 蠁委位畏 蟿慰蠀. 螖喂伪蟺蟻蔚蟺萎蟼 喂伪蟿蟻慰未喂魏伪蟽蟿萎蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰位蠈纬慰蟼 魏维蟺慰蟿蔚, 萎蟿伪谓 蔚尉慰喂魏蔚喂蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿伪 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀, 蠋蟽蟺慰蠀 渭喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏萎 蟿蟻伪纬蠅未委伪 蟿慰谓 苇魏伪谓蔚 谓伪 纬蠀蟻委蟽蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺位维蟿畏 蟽' 伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏 味蠅萎.
螝蟻蠀渭渭苇谓慰蟼 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟺委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏慰蠉 纬喂伪蟿蟻慰蠉, 慰 围维谓蟿蔚蟻 蔚位蟺委味蔚喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蔚位胃蠈谓 蟿慰蠀 胃伪 渭蔚委谓蔚喂 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰. 螌蟿伪谓 位慰喂蟺蠈谓 蟿慰蠀 味畏蟿慰蠉谓 谓伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂萎蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蔚尉蔚喂未喂魏蔚蠀渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 纬谓蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尾慰畏胃萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚谓蟿慰蟺喂蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 未慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰蠀, 蔚魏蔚委谓慰蟼 未喂蟽蟿维味蔚喂, 伪蠁慰蠉 胃伪 蟿慰蠀 尉蠀蟺谓萎蟽慰蠀谓 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪 伪谓伪渭谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂蔚 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃萎蟽蔚喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟺慰位蠉 谓伪 尉蔚蠂维蟽蔚喂. 危蠉谓蟿慰渭伪 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭喂伪 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂, 蟺伪蟻伪蟽苇蟻谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 螠维谓伪渭 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 未委谓畏 蠁蠈尾慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻维谓慰喂伪蟼路 蟺位苇慰谓, 蠈位慰喂, 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾伪谓慰渭苇谓慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 围维谓蟿蔚蟻, 蔚委谓伪喂 蠉蟺慰蟺蟿慰喂.
危蠀谓未蠀维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蔚喂位畏蟿喂魏萎 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 韦蠈渭伪蟼 围维蟻蟻喂蟼 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 喂伪蟿蟻慰未喂魏伪蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 螤伪蟿蟻委蟽喂伪 螝蠈蟻谓纬慰蠀蔚位 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪蠀胃蔚谓蟿喂魏萎 伪蠁畏纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 未蔚尉喂慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪, 慰 危维喂渭慰谓 螠蟺苇魏蔚蟿 苇纬蟻伪蠄蔚 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 胃蟻委位蔚蟻.
螝蟻蠀渭渭苇谓慰蟼 蟿蠋蟻伪 蟺委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 伪纬蟻慰蟿喂魏慰蠉 纬喂伪蟿蟻慰蠉, 慰 围维谓蟿蔚蟻 蔚位蟺委味蔚喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蔚位胃蠈谓 蟿慰蠀 胃伪 渭蔚委谓蔚喂 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰. 螌蟿伪谓 位慰喂蟺蠈谓 蟿慰蠀 味畏蟿慰蠉谓 谓伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂萎蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蔚尉蔚喂未喂魏蔚蠀渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 纬谓蠋蟽蔚喂蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尾慰畏胃萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚谓蟿慰蟺喂蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 未慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰蠀, 蔚魏蔚委谓慰蟼 未喂蟽蟿维味蔚喂, 伪蠁慰蠉 胃伪 蟿慰蠀 尉蠀蟺谓萎蟽慰蠀谓 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪 伪谓伪渭谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂蔚 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃萎蟽蔚喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟺慰位蠉 谓伪 尉蔚蠂维蟽蔚喂. 危蠉谓蟿慰渭伪 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭喂伪 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂, 蟺伪蟻伪蟽苇蟻谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 螠维谓伪渭 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 未委谓畏 蠁蠈尾慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺伪蟻维谓慰喂伪蟼路 蟺位苇慰谓, 蠈位慰喂, 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂位伪渭尾伪谓慰渭苇谓慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 围维谓蟿蔚蟻, 蔚委谓伪喂 蠉蟺慰蟺蟿慰喂.
危蠀谓未蠀维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蔚喂位畏蟿喂魏萎 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 韦蠈渭伪蟼 围维蟻蟻喂蟼 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 喂伪蟿蟻慰未喂魏伪蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 螤伪蟿蟻委蟽喂伪 螝蠈蟻谓纬慰蠀蔚位 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪蠀胃蔚谓蟿喂魏萎 伪蠁畏纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 未蔚尉喂慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪, 慰 危维喂渭慰谓 螠蟺苇魏蔚蟿 苇纬蟻伪蠄蔚 苇谓伪 蟽蠀纬魏位慰谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 胃蟻委位蔚蟻.
381 pages, Paperback
First published September 26, 2006
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About the author
Simon Beckett
39听books2,033听followersAfter an MA in English, Simon Beckett spent several years as a property repairer before a stint teaching in Spain. Back in the UK, he played percussion in several bands. He has been a freelance journalist since 1992, writing for The Times, The Independent on Sunday Review, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and other major British publications. In 2002, as part of an article on the National Forensic Academy, he visited the Body Farm in Tennessee. This last commission was the inspiration behind the internationally bestselling The Chemistry of Death, which was shortlisted for the CWA's Duncan Lawrie Dagger and has been translated into 21 languages. Simon Beckett is married and lives in Sheffield. The author of six novels, his second David Hunter thriller, Written in Bone, is published as a Bantam paperback in April 2008.
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November 8, 2017
4,5 Sterne
Ein wirklich guter Thriller! Ich muss ja schon wirklich Lust auf einen Thriller haben und selbst dann ist das bei mir immer so ne Sache, aber Simon Beckett konnte mich hier total mit seinem Protagonisten David Hunter und einer durchweg spannenden Story 眉berzeugen. Ich wusste wirklich bis zuletzt nicht wer der M枚rder ist und habe w盲hrend dem lesen auch zigtausendmal meine Theorie ge盲ndert. Auch mit den Plottwists am Ende hatte ich nicht mehr gerechnet, da wurde noch das ein oder andere mal die Fahrtrichtung ge盲ndert. Auch lobend erw盲hnen will ich noch kurz Becketts Schreibstil: der gefiel mir wahnsinnig gut, die Art wie er also beschreibt ohne zu viele unn眉tze Details zu beschreiben, einfach klasse und total atmosph盲risch! Auch gut: es wurden am Ende alle Indizien/Handlungen logisch zusammengef眉hrt und das Ende leitet wie bei einer Folge einer Serie in die n盲chste 眉ber, wenn ihr versteht was ich damit meine 馃檲馃槄
Ein wirklich guter Thriller! Ich muss ja schon wirklich Lust auf einen Thriller haben und selbst dann ist das bei mir immer so ne Sache, aber Simon Beckett konnte mich hier total mit seinem Protagonisten David Hunter und einer durchweg spannenden Story 眉berzeugen. Ich wusste wirklich bis zuletzt nicht wer der M枚rder ist und habe w盲hrend dem lesen auch zigtausendmal meine Theorie ge盲ndert. Auch mit den Plottwists am Ende hatte ich nicht mehr gerechnet, da wurde noch das ein oder andere mal die Fahrtrichtung ge盲ndert. Auch lobend erw盲hnen will ich noch kurz Becketts Schreibstil: der gefiel mir wahnsinnig gut, die Art wie er also beschreibt ohne zu viele unn眉tze Details zu beschreiben, einfach klasse und total atmosph盲risch! Auch gut: es wurden am Ende alle Indizien/Handlungen logisch zusammengef眉hrt und das Ende leitet wie bei einer Folge einer Serie in die n盲chste 眉ber, wenn ihr versteht was ich damit meine 馃檲馃槄
September 14, 2016
This book kept me guessing until the very end, it was simply amazing!
I instantly fell in love with the main character, he was charismatic and realistic the whole way through.
All the side characters were lovable in their own ways, too. Every one of them had a purpose and added to the story.
The writing style was extremely easy and relaxing to read.
It was very suspenseful without being over the top.
One of my new favorites and a definite recommendation!
I instantly fell in love with the main character, he was charismatic and realistic the whole way through.
All the side characters were lovable in their own ways, too. Every one of them had a purpose and added to the story.
The writing style was extremely easy and relaxing to read.
It was very suspenseful without being over the top.
One of my new favorites and a definite recommendation!
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February 15, 2021
Today I found my limit. Please don't laugh. DNF because of maggots.
(I really wanted to add a maggot gif, but then I thought : googling that shit? Fuck no. Cats are safer)
See, I have a problem with maggots - and every fucking thing hovering around a dead body - I won't jump crying if I see one, but plural? I can't deal with this shit. Flies, larvae, chrysalis. Welcome to my nightmare.
No matter how good and compelling the writing is.
No matter how daunting and oppressive the atmosphere is.
None of these exceptional qualities matter.
Because maggots and flies. I. Can't. Deal. With. These. Descriptions.
"The larvae here are mainly blowfly. Bluebottles and greenbottles. With the open wounds on the body we can expect insects to have been attracted straight away. They'll have started laying eggs within an hour if it was daylight.'
I poked about in the soil and picked up an unmoving maggot. I held it out on my palm. "This is about to pupate. The older they are the darker they get. By the look of this I'd say it was seven or eight days old. I can't see any husk fragments lying about, which mean no pupae have hatched yet."
Apparently I'm okay (in love, I'd say) with serial killers and other dark shit but there's where I draw the line. Now, if you don't mind that kind of descriptions, I'm sure you'll find an incredible book here. Just not for me. Undoubtedly.
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April 24, 2010
Given the unadulterated dreck that's so often foisted on fans of thriller/detective/murder mysteries - especially in the case of POD and self-published novels whose authors often have barely enough talent to write a check - *The Chemistry of Death* has one very important thing going for it: Beckett actually understands how to craft a decent English sentence. Unfortunately, two faults bog it down and keep it from being a star in the genre. First, no one has ever taught Beckett to murder his darlings, and no editor, whose job it would have been to have done so, evidently stepped in to fill the gap. That means that overwritten and purple passages crop up when you least expect them and are even more jarring because the rest of the writing is so clean. He's already got his hero copying Scarpetta's least proud moments with comments about how his job is to "make the dead tell their stories." Been there, slept through it. There's also the heavy-handed (heavy like a-teaspoonful-of-Pluto's-soil-weighs-a-squllion-tons-on-earth heavy) device of the protagonist's dreams, which are trite and soap-operaish and could have been cut without the slightest damage to the novel. Basically, dreams are a cheap, amateurish trick for revealing motivation or character; they can only mean one thing (exactly what the author tells you they mean) and, as such, they're a "cheat." If you want me to know something about the character, show it to me; don't make me sit through scenes in which the protagonist wakes up in a cold sweat trying to remember what's real and what's a dream and ... barf. In addition, *The Chemistry of Death* contains way (way) too many moments that remind one of another century's penny dreadfuls (the following are my inventions: "If I had only known what lay waiting for me in the garden, I would never have agreed to water Postman Abercrombie's prize-winning squash while he was away on holiday"; "As I watched the embers dying in the hearth, I could not have predicted that the next twenty-four hours would change the course of my life forever." That sort of thing. Ick. There's foreshadowing and then there's beating the reader over the head with the inkstand. Second, the "reveal" of this serial-killer mystery is such a hack job that it rather spoils what had been a great story up until then. It's literally one of those denouements in which, just as the hero finally confronts the killer in a life-or-death moment, the two of them stop and chat for 15 pages while the bad guy tediously explains why he did what he did and what everything meant and how he kept his crimes hidden and blah blah blah, revealing (in this case) a psychological motivation so superficial that you can feel Beckett grasping at straws to find an explanation that's halfway credible. And not quite getting there. That's a major problem: Beckett's the writer, he gets to choose which character to turn into a killer, and it's his job to make the reader believe it. Obviously, in every similar novel there's necessarily a moment in which the writer tells the reader whodunit, but Beckett wrote this ending with a rake. It's a shame, too, because the pacing of the book, which is rather leisurely at times, is betrayed by this paint-by-numbers ending. All in all, a good effort and an enjoyable read with several irritating flaws.
June 28, 2024
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袣褉懈屑懈薪邪谢薪邪褌邪 懈薪褌褉懈谐邪 械 薪邪 胁懈褋芯褌邪, 薪械 械 褟褋薪芯 写芯 褋邪屑懈褟 泻褉邪泄 泻邪泻胁芯 褖械 褋褌邪薪械 懈 薪邪锌褉械卸械薪懈械褌芯 褉邪褋褌械.
笑械薪懈褌械谢懈褌械 薪邪 卸邪薪褉邪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪褌 褑褟谢邪褌邪 褋械褉懈褟 蟹邪 袛械泄胁懈写 啸褗薪褌褗褉!!!
小邪泄屑褗薪 袘械泻械褌 薪懈 写邪胁邪 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪懈 褎邪泻褌懈 芯褌 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪 薪邪 锌邪褌芯谢芯蟹懈褌械-邪薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯蟹懈 懈 屑懈 斜械褕械 谢褞斜芯锌懈褌薪芯 写邪 薪邪褍褔邪, 泻邪泻胁芯 懈 泻邪泻 褋械 褋谢褍褔胁邪 褋 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 褌褉褍锌 芯褋褌邪胁械薪 胁 锌褉懈褉芯写邪褌邪.
袣褉懈屑懈薪邪谢薪邪褌邪 懈薪褌褉懈谐邪 械 薪邪 胁懈褋芯褌邪, 薪械 械 褟褋薪芯 写芯 褋邪屑懈褟 泻褉邪泄 泻邪泻胁芯 褖械 褋褌邪薪械 懈 薪邪锌褉械卸械薪懈械褌芯 褉邪褋褌械.
笑械薪懈褌械谢懈褌械 薪邪 卸邪薪褉邪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪褌 褑褟谢邪褌邪 褋械褉懈褟 蟹邪 袛械泄胁懈写 啸褗薪褌褗褉!!!
December 11, 2020
Novela finalista del Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award y primera de la saga protagonizada por el antrop贸logo forense David Hunter.
Manham es un pueblo aislado, cuya gente cerrada y desconfiada es incapaz de aceptar a un forastero, por mucho tiempo que lleve viviendo entre ellos. Nuestro protagonista, a pesar de su reticencia, deber谩 enfrentarse a un experto asesino al que s贸lo otro experto podr谩 ayudar a detener.
Una novela negra con un desarrollo un poco lento, pero con buenos giros y un final inesperado, que hacen que este libro sea un buen comienzo para la serie.
Manham es un pueblo aislado, cuya gente cerrada y desconfiada es incapaz de aceptar a un forastero, por mucho tiempo que lleve viviendo entre ellos. Nuestro protagonista, a pesar de su reticencia, deber谩 enfrentarse a un experto asesino al que s贸lo otro experto podr谩 ayudar a detener.
Una novela negra con un desarrollo un poco lento, pero con buenos giros y un final inesperado, que hacen que este libro sea un buen comienzo para la serie.
July 29, 2018
David Hunter verl盲sst London nach einem schlimmen Schicksalsschlag, um in einem kleinen englischen Dorf als Arzt zu arbeiten. Eigentlich ist er forensischer Anthropologe. Als eine Leiche entdeckt wird und die Todesumst盲nde gekl盲rt werden m眉ssen, ger盲t David Hunter wieder hinein in seinen fr眉heren Beruf. Immer weiter wird er in den Fall hineingezogen...
Mein Leseeindruck:
Von Simon Beckett habe ich bisher eigentlich nur Gutes geh枚rt, daher wurde es nun endlich einmal Zeit, ein Buch von ihm zu lesen! "Die Chemie des Todes" hat mich begeistert! Genau so m眉ssen gute Thriller f眉r mich sein!
Von der ersten Seite an hatte mich die Geschichte gefesselt. Die Spannung ist eigentlich sofort da und wird aber mit jeder Seite noch gesteigert. Ich habe das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen k枚nnen.
Auch hat es Wendungen in der Geschichte gegeben, die mich 眉berraschen konnten. Ich habe mitraten und r盲tseln k枚nnen und musste meine Ideen immer wieder 眉berdenken. Genau das mag ich an Thrillern und Krimis besonders gerne!
Ich freue mich, dass ich mit Simon Beckett einen neuen Autor f眉r mich entdecken konnte, von dem ich hoffentlich noch sehr vieles lesen werde!
Mein Leseeindruck:
Von Simon Beckett habe ich bisher eigentlich nur Gutes geh枚rt, daher wurde es nun endlich einmal Zeit, ein Buch von ihm zu lesen! "Die Chemie des Todes" hat mich begeistert! Genau so m眉ssen gute Thriller f眉r mich sein!
Von der ersten Seite an hatte mich die Geschichte gefesselt. Die Spannung ist eigentlich sofort da und wird aber mit jeder Seite noch gesteigert. Ich habe das Buch kaum aus der Hand legen k枚nnen.
Auch hat es Wendungen in der Geschichte gegeben, die mich 眉berraschen konnten. Ich habe mitraten und r盲tseln k枚nnen und musste meine Ideen immer wieder 眉berdenken. Genau das mag ich an Thrillern und Krimis besonders gerne!
Ich freue mich, dass ich mit Simon Beckett einen neuen Autor f眉r mich entdecken konnte, von dem ich hoffentlich noch sehr vieles lesen werde!
March 7, 2017
Okay Simon Beckett, you win. I just adored this book!
The setting, the characters all brought it to a grand conclusion. Will read more from this author.
The setting, the characters all brought it to a grand conclusion. Will read more from this author.
October 10, 2023
A solid, enjoyable forensic procedural
Seeking to escape sad memories of his life in London, Dr David Hunter joins a small practice in Manham, a village in Norfolk. The owner of the practice, Dr Henry Maitland, is the survivor of a car accident in which his wife was killed. Confined to a wheelchair, Maitland hopes that Hunter will relieve him of a considerable portion of the burden and stress of running a small one-man rural general medical practice.
Three years later, just as life for both men seems to be settling into a comfortable routine, the corpse of a woman identified as Sally Palmer, a local writer, is found by two young children playing in the woods.
Having discovered that David had considerable experience as a forensic anthropologist from his prior work in London, the local constabulary ask for his help in the investigation of the case. When a second woman is abducted, the village, in the age old fashion of a parochial close-knit small town community, look at David as a newcomer and place him high on the list of possible suspects.
It would be wrong to categorize THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH as a serial killer suspense thriller but it certainly isn't a small town British cozy mystery either. Author Simon Beckett cashes in on his real life anthropological experience working with Bill Bass of Tennessee's world famous Body Farm and writes a solid forensic procedural with plenty of interesting scientific details on such minutiae as the rate of decay of human bodies under a variety of conditions and the use of insect populations as part of a model to determine reasonably accurate estimates of the time of death. In short, THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH is an entirely realistic police investigation with plenty of scientific material to chew on that is very nicely balanced with the bloody bits and the actual action. The whole story ends suitably and quite satisfactorily with an unforeseen twist worthy of any of the more typical thrillers out in the market today.
Given Beckett's relationship to anthropologist Bill Bass, it will come as no surprise to discover that the scientific components of THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH bear a very strong resemblance to those in Jefferson Bass's BODY FARM novels.
Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
Seeking to escape sad memories of his life in London, Dr David Hunter joins a small practice in Manham, a village in Norfolk. The owner of the practice, Dr Henry Maitland, is the survivor of a car accident in which his wife was killed. Confined to a wheelchair, Maitland hopes that Hunter will relieve him of a considerable portion of the burden and stress of running a small one-man rural general medical practice.
Three years later, just as life for both men seems to be settling into a comfortable routine, the corpse of a woman identified as Sally Palmer, a local writer, is found by two young children playing in the woods.
Having discovered that David had considerable experience as a forensic anthropologist from his prior work in London, the local constabulary ask for his help in the investigation of the case. When a second woman is abducted, the village, in the age old fashion of a parochial close-knit small town community, look at David as a newcomer and place him high on the list of possible suspects.
It would be wrong to categorize THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH as a serial killer suspense thriller but it certainly isn't a small town British cozy mystery either. Author Simon Beckett cashes in on his real life anthropological experience working with Bill Bass of Tennessee's world famous Body Farm and writes a solid forensic procedural with plenty of interesting scientific details on such minutiae as the rate of decay of human bodies under a variety of conditions and the use of insect populations as part of a model to determine reasonably accurate estimates of the time of death. In short, THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH is an entirely realistic police investigation with plenty of scientific material to chew on that is very nicely balanced with the bloody bits and the actual action. The whole story ends suitably and quite satisfactorily with an unforeseen twist worthy of any of the more typical thrillers out in the market today.
Given Beckett's relationship to anthropologist Bill Bass, it will come as no surprise to discover that the scientific components of THE CHEMISTRY OF DEATH bear a very strong resemblance to those in Jefferson Bass's BODY FARM novels.
Highly recommended.
Paul Weiss
February 17, 2023
3.25 Stars 鈥� "The Chemistry of Death" by Simon Beckett is indeed an intensely gripping crime thriller that delves into the world of forensic science & the subsequent investigation of a series of murders in a rural English village (Manham). Beckett does a great job painting a picture of this quiet, delicate town and it鈥檚 surrounding forestry in a manner that helps the town become a character in-and-of-itself.
The novel features Dr. David Hunter, a former forensic pathologist who has retreated from the profession after a traumatic event. He returns to his former profession in order to assist in the investigation of a set of gruesome killings.
One of the strengths of this book is its accurate portrayal of the scientific aspects of forensic pathology. Beckett has done an excellent job of researching the subject matter and presents it in a manner that is accessible to readers without compromising its scientific accuracy. The chemistry of the decomposition of the human body, as well as the use of forensic tools such as DNA analysis and chromatography, are all explained in detail.
In addition to the scientific aspects, Beckett also develops a complex and suspenseful plot. The novel is well-paced, with a gradual build-up of tension that keeps the reader engaged throughout. The author also successfully builds the character of Dr. Hunter, making him a flawed but relatable protagonist with a tragic backstory.
Beckett writes with succinct, thoughtful prose and the suspense is gripping, the novel does however have some subtle and also not so subtle opportunities. Some of the plot twists do feel somewhat predictable, and the writing somewhat formulaic at times, that鈥檚 the subtle! The not-so is in regards to the portrayal of the female characters, which is 鈥� I鈥檇 say 鈥� somewhat problematic, as they are often portrayed in a stereotypical and objectified manner.
Overall, "The Chemistry of Death" is an engaging and well-written crime novel that will appeal to fans of the genre, particularly those interested in the scientific aspects of forensic pathology. While it may not be without flaws, the novel is a strong debut for Beckett and a promising start to the David Hunter series.
This isn鈥檛 one for the faint of heart. The chemistry of death contains quite the catalogue of.. well, death chemistry, ergo 鈥� maggots and gasses and all the yummy decomposition breakdown that comes for an dove into forensic pathology.
This is a good book, but like 99.97% of all Literature, it鈥檚 just not a perfect one.
The novel features Dr. David Hunter, a former forensic pathologist who has retreated from the profession after a traumatic event. He returns to his former profession in order to assist in the investigation of a set of gruesome killings.
One of the strengths of this book is its accurate portrayal of the scientific aspects of forensic pathology. Beckett has done an excellent job of researching the subject matter and presents it in a manner that is accessible to readers without compromising its scientific accuracy. The chemistry of the decomposition of the human body, as well as the use of forensic tools such as DNA analysis and chromatography, are all explained in detail.
In addition to the scientific aspects, Beckett also develops a complex and suspenseful plot. The novel is well-paced, with a gradual build-up of tension that keeps the reader engaged throughout. The author also successfully builds the character of Dr. Hunter, making him a flawed but relatable protagonist with a tragic backstory.
Beckett writes with succinct, thoughtful prose and the suspense is gripping, the novel does however have some subtle and also not so subtle opportunities. Some of the plot twists do feel somewhat predictable, and the writing somewhat formulaic at times, that鈥檚 the subtle! The not-so is in regards to the portrayal of the female characters, which is 鈥� I鈥檇 say 鈥� somewhat problematic, as they are often portrayed in a stereotypical and objectified manner.
Overall, "The Chemistry of Death" is an engaging and well-written crime novel that will appeal to fans of the genre, particularly those interested in the scientific aspects of forensic pathology. While it may not be without flaws, the novel is a strong debut for Beckett and a promising start to the David Hunter series.
This isn鈥檛 one for the faint of heart. The chemistry of death contains quite the catalogue of.. well, death chemistry, ergo 鈥� maggots and gasses and all the yummy decomposition breakdown that comes for an dove into forensic pathology.
This is a good book, but like 99.97% of all Literature, it鈥檚 just not a perfect one.
April 7, 2022
4/5
A拧 jau ra拧iau, kad su detektyvais kadencij膮 baigiau, bet kai tiek plepi, jau esi 寞prat臋s prisipa啪int, kai klysti. Tai vat t膮 darau ir 拧寞 kart膮, kai labai atsargiai pa臈miau skaitytoj懦 labai pam臈gt膮 ir deficitu tapus寞 reikal膮. Visada smalsu patikrinti i拧 kur kyla didel臈 meil臈 bet, jei atvirai, maniau, bus kaip koks Carteris. Nebuvo visais aspektais, kurie man pastarajame nepatiko. Beckettas ra拧o gra啪iai, literat奴ri拧kai, knyga i拧versta kokybi拧kai, siu啪etas, nors ir gana klasikinis, 寞traukia, o pagrindinis veik臈jas i拧 ties懦 daugiau dirba kartu su policija, nei kad vykdo asmenines vendettas, kas mane da啪niausiai erzina naujuose detektyvuose. 艩is Hanteris (aha, 啪inau) nedurnas, per daug negeria ir 拧iaip netrunka ilgai, kol imi d臈l jo likimo r奴pintis. Aplink vyksta gana klasikiniam detektyvui b奴dingi reikalai, o kuriama aplinka man 拧iek tiek primin臈 Hanibalo serialo kinematografij膮. Yra 拧lyk拧tum懦, yra nemaloni懦 detali懦, bet jos neperspaud啪iamos, akcentai sud臈ti ten, kur reikia. Man nekliuvo.
Nors 啪udik膮 atsp臈jau ma啪daug knygai 寞pus臈jus, buvo pos奴ki懦, kurie vis tiek nustebino. O ir galiausiai skaityti buvo tiesiog 寞domu. Puslapiai vert臈si greitai ir nors mano skoniui gal臈jo kokie -50 psl ir nubyr臈ti, esantys 370 neprailgo. Ar skaitysiu kitas dalis? 漠tariu, kad tikrai pam臈ginsiu 鈥� man patiko ir autoriaus temos i拧manymas, ir Hanterio darbo smulkmeni拧kumas, ir tikrai detektyvams neb奴dinga gra啪i kalba, teksto nestatant vien ant dialog懦 ir 寞sigilinant 寞 pagrindinio veik臈jo psichologij膮. Saky膷iau, kad i拧 拧iemet skaityt懦 detektyv懦 鈥� geriausias, dr膮siai stojantis 拧alia kokio Ahnhemo.
A拧 jau ra拧iau, kad su detektyvais kadencij膮 baigiau, bet kai tiek plepi, jau esi 寞prat臋s prisipa啪int, kai klysti. Tai vat t膮 darau ir 拧寞 kart膮, kai labai atsargiai pa臈miau skaitytoj懦 labai pam臈gt膮 ir deficitu tapus寞 reikal膮. Visada smalsu patikrinti i拧 kur kyla didel臈 meil臈 bet, jei atvirai, maniau, bus kaip koks Carteris. Nebuvo visais aspektais, kurie man pastarajame nepatiko. Beckettas ra拧o gra啪iai, literat奴ri拧kai, knyga i拧versta kokybi拧kai, siu啪etas, nors ir gana klasikinis, 寞traukia, o pagrindinis veik臈jas i拧 ties懦 daugiau dirba kartu su policija, nei kad vykdo asmenines vendettas, kas mane da啪niausiai erzina naujuose detektyvuose. 艩is Hanteris (aha, 啪inau) nedurnas, per daug negeria ir 拧iaip netrunka ilgai, kol imi d臈l jo likimo r奴pintis. Aplink vyksta gana klasikiniam detektyvui b奴dingi reikalai, o kuriama aplinka man 拧iek tiek primin臈 Hanibalo serialo kinematografij膮. Yra 拧lyk拧tum懦, yra nemaloni懦 detali懦, bet jos neperspaud啪iamos, akcentai sud臈ti ten, kur reikia. Man nekliuvo.
Nors 啪udik膮 atsp臈jau ma啪daug knygai 寞pus臈jus, buvo pos奴ki懦, kurie vis tiek nustebino. O ir galiausiai skaityti buvo tiesiog 寞domu. Puslapiai vert臈si greitai ir nors mano skoniui gal臈jo kokie -50 psl ir nubyr臈ti, esantys 370 neprailgo. Ar skaitysiu kitas dalis? 漠tariu, kad tikrai pam臈ginsiu 鈥� man patiko ir autoriaus temos i拧manymas, ir Hanterio darbo smulkmeni拧kumas, ir tikrai detektyvams neb奴dinga gra啪i kalba, teksto nestatant vien ant dialog懦 ir 寞sigilinant 寞 pagrindinio veik臈jo psichologij膮. Saky膷iau, kad i拧 拧iemet skaityt懦 detektyv懦 鈥� geriausias, dr膮siai stojantis 拧alia kokio Ahnhemo.
October 9, 2023
袣芯谢懈 蟹薪邪褏芯写卸褍 褌邪泻褨 写械褌械泻褌懈胁薪褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩, 褟 泻邪卸褍 褋芯斜褨: 芦袧邪褉械褕褌褨!禄
August 11, 2014
Rating: 4.5 stars
This book grabbed me from the first page and never released its hold. Full of suspense, forensics and macabre rituals, it kept me guessing right till the end - I actually gasped at the reveal! It鈥檚 gory in places, shocking too, but it鈥檚 also warm (if that鈥檚 not too bizarre), intelligent and user-friendly - a thriller that makes you think and feel, rather than a straight forward chilling frenzy.
This is the first in a series, and I hope the next book is as compelling as this one.
This book grabbed me from the first page and never released its hold. Full of suspense, forensics and macabre rituals, it kept me guessing right till the end - I actually gasped at the reveal! It鈥檚 gory in places, shocking too, but it鈥檚 also warm (if that鈥檚 not too bizarre), intelligent and user-friendly - a thriller that makes you think and feel, rather than a straight forward chilling frenzy.
This is the first in a series, and I hope the next book is as compelling as this one.
April 15, 2024
5猸愶笍
携泻褖芯 胁懈 胁褌芯屑懈谢懈褋褜 胁褨写 械褎斜械械褉褨胁褋褜泻懈褏 写械褌械泻褌懈胁薪懈褏 褌褉懈谢械褉褨胁 蟹 泻褍锌芯褞 薪邪薪芯褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐褨泄 褌芯 胁邪屑 写芯 小邪泄屑芯薪邪. 袗褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 袗谐邪褌懈 薪邪 屑褨薪褨屑邪谢泻邪褏, 邪谢械 褌褍褌 胁卸械 褦 泻芯屑锌懈, 屑芯斜褨谢褜薪褨, 褨 斜褨谢褜褕褨 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 写谢褟 邪薪邪谢褨蟹褍 屑械写写邪薪懈褏. 袛懈薪邪屑褨褔薪芯, 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褎褨薪邪谢 写芯 褟泻芯谐芯 薪械屑邪 锌懈褌邪薪褜. 袛胁褨 薪邪褋褌褍锌薪褨 泻薪懈谐懈 褍卸械 褔械泻邪褞褌褜.
袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞.
携泻褖芯 胁懈 胁褌芯屑懈谢懈褋褜 胁褨写 械褎斜械械褉褨胁褋褜泻懈褏 写械褌械泻褌懈胁薪懈褏 褌褉懈谢械褉褨胁 蟹 泻褍锌芯褞 薪邪薪芯褌械褏薪芯谢芯谐褨泄 褌芯 胁邪屑 写芯 小邪泄屑芯薪邪. 袗褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 袗谐邪褌懈 薪邪 屑褨薪褨屑邪谢泻邪褏, 邪谢械 褌褍褌 胁卸械 褦 泻芯屑锌懈, 屑芯斜褨谢褜薪褨, 褨 斜褨谢褜褕褨 屑芯卸谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 写谢褟 邪薪邪谢褨蟹褍 屑械写写邪薪懈褏. 袛懈薪邪屑褨褔薪芯, 褨 薪邪胁褨褌褜 褎褨薪邪谢 写芯 褟泻芯谐芯 薪械屑邪 锌懈褌邪薪褜. 袛胁褨 薪邪褋褌褍锌薪褨 泻薪懈谐懈 褍卸械 褔械泻邪褞褌褜.
袪械泻芯屑械薪写褍褞.
June 17, 2023
Hac铆a tiempo que no le铆a nada de antrop贸logos forenses, creo desde que le铆 algo de Scarpetta.
Ha sido muy instructivo al explicar alguna cosa relacionada con esta ciencia.
Le ha faltado al libro algo de ritmo, es mi parecer. El protagonista muy cercano y real, me ha gustado.
El final ya ha sido otra cosa, para mi muy peliculero. Eso si, aunque adivin茅 algo de quien era el culpable, me lleve tambi茅n una gran sorpresa de quien fue.
Creo que s铆 seguir茅 con la serie.
SINOPSIS: La muerte deja siempre pistas y David Hunter, antrop贸logo forense, era el mejor en descubrirlas. Nadie como 茅l era capaz de arrancar a los cad谩veres sus secretos, en encontrar las claves que nadie m谩s pod铆a ver. Hasta que la tragedia golpe贸 su vida y le empuj贸 a olvidarse de todo y buscar refugio en una peque帽a comunidad rural. Pero el crimen no piensa dejarle tranquilo: cuando se desate el infierno en el pueblo, solo 茅l podr谩 enfrentarse al asesino.
芦El cuerpo humano empieza a descomponerse cuatro minutos despu茅s de la muerte. Lo que hasta entonces era recipiente de vida atraviesa su 煤ltima metamorfosis fagocit谩ndose a s铆 mismo. Las c茅lulas se disuelven. El tejido se vuelve l铆quido y despu茅s gas. Inanimado, el cuerpo se convierte en inm贸vil fest铆n para otros organismos. Primero las bacterias, despu茅s los insectos.禄.
Valoraci贸n: 7/10
Ha sido muy instructivo al explicar alguna cosa relacionada con esta ciencia.
Le ha faltado al libro algo de ritmo, es mi parecer. El protagonista muy cercano y real, me ha gustado.
El final ya ha sido otra cosa, para mi muy peliculero. Eso si, aunque adivin茅 algo de quien era el culpable, me lleve tambi茅n una gran sorpresa de quien fue.
Creo que s铆 seguir茅 con la serie.
SINOPSIS: La muerte deja siempre pistas y David Hunter, antrop贸logo forense, era el mejor en descubrirlas. Nadie como 茅l era capaz de arrancar a los cad谩veres sus secretos, en encontrar las claves que nadie m谩s pod铆a ver. Hasta que la tragedia golpe贸 su vida y le empuj贸 a olvidarse de todo y buscar refugio en una peque帽a comunidad rural. Pero el crimen no piensa dejarle tranquilo: cuando se desate el infierno en el pueblo, solo 茅l podr谩 enfrentarse al asesino.
芦El cuerpo humano empieza a descomponerse cuatro minutos despu茅s de la muerte. Lo que hasta entonces era recipiente de vida atraviesa su 煤ltima metamorfosis fagocit谩ndose a s铆 mismo. Las c茅lulas se disuelven. El tejido se vuelve l铆quido y despu茅s gas. Inanimado, el cuerpo se convierte en inm贸vil fest铆n para otros organismos. Primero las bacterias, despu茅s los insectos.禄.
Valoraci贸n: 7/10
August 6, 2019
Three years ago Dr. David Hunter left London leaving behind the city, his job as a forensic pathologist, and the tragedy of losing his wife and daughter in a fatal car accident. Now he works alongside his partner Dr. Henry Maitland as a local GP in the rural village of Manham, Norfolk, his life is simple and quiet.
Then on a scorchingly hot summer in July 11 year old Niel and his younger brother Sam, age 8, were headed to the local pond to for some relief from the searing sun and heat when they came across a dead body in the woods. David is called out to visit the Yates home shortly after as the boys, Sam in particular is badly shaken by the discovery.
Local chief inspector Mackenzie asks David for help in determing time of death. David puts him off, wanting nothing to do with the case but Mackenzie wasn't done trying to persuade David into helping.
'"You won't change your mind?"
I've told you as much as I can."
"You could tell us more if you wanted to."
Feeling angry by the way he was trying to manipulate me I told him I'd done what he had asked.
Detective Mackenzie seemed to be weighing something up as he squinted into the sun.
"The Situation's changed." He said reaching a decision. "Somebody else has gone missing. You might know her."
With that he turned and walked away his shadow chasing him across the grass like a black dog at his heels.'
With that, David finds he has no choice to help, finding himself caught up in the investigation alongside Mackenzie hoping his past forensic knowledge can prevent the loss of another innocent life.
But getting involved in the case also catches him between the police and the villagers as even after three years, Dr. David Hunter is still considered an outsider which makes him a suspect in the murder in the eyes of the village locals.
The case takes on a nightmarish quality when they discover that the killer is leaving gruesome and macabre clues surrounding the murder and the missing woman and Chief Mackenzie and Dr. David Hunter are in a race against time to put the pieces together before the killer completes his next shocking murder.
by is a chilling and edgy thriller with true crime forensic pathology at it's best. I loved all the detailed characters and the descriptive writing leaves nothing to the imagination. There's no time for a breather as the pages fly by at a frienzed pace. If time had permitted I would have read this in one sitting! This is the first of the David Hunter series and it came out of the gate at a full gallop! I can't wait to read the next book in this exciting series, .
If you like the Body Farm series by you'll definitely love this series!
Highly recommended!
Then on a scorchingly hot summer in July 11 year old Niel and his younger brother Sam, age 8, were headed to the local pond to for some relief from the searing sun and heat when they came across a dead body in the woods. David is called out to visit the Yates home shortly after as the boys, Sam in particular is badly shaken by the discovery.
Local chief inspector Mackenzie asks David for help in determing time of death. David puts him off, wanting nothing to do with the case but Mackenzie wasn't done trying to persuade David into helping.
'"You won't change your mind?"
I've told you as much as I can."
"You could tell us more if you wanted to."
Feeling angry by the way he was trying to manipulate me I told him I'd done what he had asked.
Detective Mackenzie seemed to be weighing something up as he squinted into the sun.
"The Situation's changed." He said reaching a decision. "Somebody else has gone missing. You might know her."
With that he turned and walked away his shadow chasing him across the grass like a black dog at his heels.'
With that, David finds he has no choice to help, finding himself caught up in the investigation alongside Mackenzie hoping his past forensic knowledge can prevent the loss of another innocent life.
But getting involved in the case also catches him between the police and the villagers as even after three years, Dr. David Hunter is still considered an outsider which makes him a suspect in the murder in the eyes of the village locals.
The case takes on a nightmarish quality when they discover that the killer is leaving gruesome and macabre clues surrounding the murder and the missing woman and Chief Mackenzie and Dr. David Hunter are in a race against time to put the pieces together before the killer completes his next shocking murder.
by is a chilling and edgy thriller with true crime forensic pathology at it's best. I loved all the detailed characters and the descriptive writing leaves nothing to the imagination. There's no time for a breather as the pages fly by at a frienzed pace. If time had permitted I would have read this in one sitting! This is the first of the David Hunter series and it came out of the gate at a full gallop! I can't wait to read the next book in this exciting series, .
If you like the Body Farm series by you'll definitely love this series!
Highly recommended!
April 18, 2014
This is another of my vacation reads that I am finally getting around to reviewing.
Saved by a big Finish - 2 Stars
It has taken me a while to get around to reviewing this one. The main reason is that I have been trying to think of something interesting to say about my experience. Problem is, there is not much interesting content to discuss.
The Plot
In this story we have David Hunter, a forensic anthropologist who tries to escape a painful past by taking the position of a small town family doctor. He is assisting with the practice of the town's long-time resident doctor, who is struggling with his practice after becoming wheelchair bound after an accident. David's retreat in the countryside is successful for a few year until a dead and bloated body is found in the woods. David's is forced to fight the demons of his past as he is reluctantly thrust back into a trade he has all but abandoned.
The Bad
Can we Start this Again...
Flat. This is the word that best describes the characters. The MC was depressed and hiding and it felt like he was dragging himself around and the story down with him. The secondary characters were underdeveloped.
Contrived. The word that best describes the plot. The manner in which the MC was dragged back into forensic anthropology was poorly executed. Here we have one of the best (and few) forensic anthropologist in the UK who happens to keep this as a secret while moving to a small town where bodies start to pile up. Additionally, the ending, although quite exciting caused me to role my eyes. The author didn't build the story to the eventual ending and dropped a bunch of "Betcha you didn't see that coming" surprises on the reader. Even though I felt a bit cheated at the end...
The Good
At Least We Will Always Have the Ending
Yes, the ending did piss me off a bit. Once I got over my frustration, it turned out the ending was the best written and most interesting part of the book. Sure, there was forensics but it felt as if it was written by someone who read about it not someone who has used it in practice. The ending has some excellent confrontations, chases and poor decisions. It made a disappointing read a bearable read.
I do not intend to read anymore of the series. The was very little in the book that I found to be redeeming and I simply do not care about the characters and do not care what will happen to them.
Enjoyed the ending but almost quit a few times before I got there. Review after vaca.
Saved by a big Finish - 2 Stars
It has taken me a while to get around to reviewing this one. The main reason is that I have been trying to think of something interesting to say about my experience. Problem is, there is not much interesting content to discuss.
The Plot
In this story we have David Hunter, a forensic anthropologist who tries to escape a painful past by taking the position of a small town family doctor. He is assisting with the practice of the town's long-time resident doctor, who is struggling with his practice after becoming wheelchair bound after an accident. David's retreat in the countryside is successful for a few year until a dead and bloated body is found in the woods. David's is forced to fight the demons of his past as he is reluctantly thrust back into a trade he has all but abandoned.
The Bad
Can we Start this Again...
Flat. This is the word that best describes the characters. The MC was depressed and hiding and it felt like he was dragging himself around and the story down with him. The secondary characters were underdeveloped.
Contrived. The word that best describes the plot. The manner in which the MC was dragged back into forensic anthropology was poorly executed. Here we have one of the best (and few) forensic anthropologist in the UK who happens to keep this as a secret while moving to a small town where bodies start to pile up. Additionally, the ending, although quite exciting caused me to role my eyes. The author didn't build the story to the eventual ending and dropped a bunch of "Betcha you didn't see that coming" surprises on the reader. Even though I felt a bit cheated at the end...
The Good
At Least We Will Always Have the Ending
Yes, the ending did piss me off a bit. Once I got over my frustration, it turned out the ending was the best written and most interesting part of the book. Sure, there was forensics but it felt as if it was written by someone who read about it not someone who has used it in practice. The ending has some excellent confrontations, chases and poor decisions. It made a disappointing read a bearable read.
I do not intend to read anymore of the series. The was very little in the book that I found to be redeeming and I simply do not care about the characters and do not care what will happen to them.
Enjoyed the ending but almost quit a few times before I got there. Review after vaca.
July 31, 2023
Ne veltui tiek laiko taupiau. 馃槈 Puiki, 寞traukianti knyga. Labai patiko 鉂わ笍
" 沤mogaus k奴nas pradeda irti pra臈jus keturioms minut臈ms nuo mirties. Dar neseniai laik臋s savyje gyvyb臋, dabar jis patiria paskutines metamorfozes. K奴nas ima pats save vir拧kinti l膮stel臈s skaidytis, verstis vidine puse 寞 i拧or臋. Audiniai virsta skys膷i懦 paskui dujomis.Netek臋s gyvasties k奴nas tampa nejudan膷iu vai拧i懦 stalu kitiems organizmams, pirmiausia bakterijoms, paskui vabzd啪iams.Mas臈ms."
" 沤mogaus k奴nas pradeda irti pra臈jus keturioms minut臈ms nuo mirties. Dar neseniai laik臋s savyje gyvyb臋, dabar jis patiria paskutines metamorfozes. K奴nas ima pats save vir拧kinti l膮stel臈s skaidytis, verstis vidine puse 寞 i拧or臋. Audiniai virsta skys膷i懦 paskui dujomis.Netek臋s gyvasties k奴nas tampa nejudan膷iu vai拧i懦 stalu kitiems organizmams, pirmiausia bakterijoms, paskui vabzd啪iams.Mas臈ms."
April 28, 2025
袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 锌褋懈褏芯褌褉懈谢褗褉, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 薪邪锌褉械卸械薪懈械褌芯 械褋泻邪谢懈褉邪 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯. 袦薪芯谐芯 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 械 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪邪 懈 械 锌褗褉胁邪褌邪 芯褌 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪 蟹邪 写-褉 袛械泄胁懈写 啸褗薪褌褗褉. 孝芯泄 械 胁泻谢褞褔械薪 胁 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褍斜懈泄褋褌胁邪褌邪 胁 屑邪谢泻芯 褋械谢芯, 泻褗写械褌芯 褏芯褉邪褌邪 褋邪 薪械 锌芯 屑邪谢泻芯 蟹谢懈 芯褌 褋邪屑懈褟 褍斜懈械褑. 袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 锌褉械写锌芯谢邪谐邪褏 泻芯泄 械 褌芯泄, 薪芯 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 芯褌泻谢芯薪褟胁邪褕械 褍屑械谢芯 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈械褌芯 屑懈.
袨褌 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褌械 懈蟹薪械薪邪写胁邪褖 泻褉邪泄, 褋斜谢褗褋泻胁邪褌械 褋械 褋 褍斜懈械褑 锌褋懈褏芯锌邪褌 懈 芯褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪 械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪 褌褉懈谢褗褉.
袨褌 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 锌芯谢褍褔邪胁邪褌械 懈蟹薪械薪邪写胁邪褖 泻褉邪泄, 褋斜谢褗褋泻胁邪褌械 褋械 褋 褍斜懈械褑 锌褋懈褏芯锌邪褌 懈 芯褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪 械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪 褌褉懈谢褗褉.
September 5, 2021
A more than few years ago, I read a book in this series and had been planning to come back to this series since then, but I always had something else to read.
This is the beginning of David's story. I admit that I didn't remember much about that book, which I read many years ago. The story of David losing his beloved wife and daughter is heartbreaking. This is one of the things that makes him such an interesting main character. That and, of course, his knowledge and skills as a forensic anthropologist. As a stranger in this village, though he has been a local doctor for several years now, he is perfect for telling this story.
The plot is very good. If you like crimes in a small town where everyone knows each other, but the neighbors suddenly start to suspect each other, then you will love this story. Although I warn you that this is not a book for people very sensitive to drastic descriptions and scenes of autopsies. The murderer kills in a very brutal way, the victims are women and their bodies bear traces of torture, and sexual abuse is also possible. I didn't remember the previous book being so violent. But I have been reading it a long time ago.
I was really surprised by the ending. Maybe not so much with the killer's identity, but with all the people and motives that drove them. This story surprised me and I liked it.
I think the next book in this series will be on my shelf. I wonder how many years will pass before I read it this time, LOL.
This is the beginning of David's story. I admit that I didn't remember much about that book, which I read many years ago. The story of David losing his beloved wife and daughter is heartbreaking. This is one of the things that makes him such an interesting main character. That and, of course, his knowledge and skills as a forensic anthropologist. As a stranger in this village, though he has been a local doctor for several years now, he is perfect for telling this story.
The plot is very good. If you like crimes in a small town where everyone knows each other, but the neighbors suddenly start to suspect each other, then you will love this story. Although I warn you that this is not a book for people very sensitive to drastic descriptions and scenes of autopsies. The murderer kills in a very brutal way, the victims are women and their bodies bear traces of torture, and sexual abuse is also possible. I didn't remember the previous book being so violent. But I have been reading it a long time ago.
I was really surprised by the ending. Maybe not so much with the killer's identity, but with all the people and motives that drove them. This story surprised me and I liked it.
I think the next book in this series will be on my shelf. I wonder how many years will pass before I read it this time, LOL.
May 22, 2025
鈥淭he Chemistry of Death鈥�, by Simon Beckett
Solid 4 stars 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
TW: death of animals and birds
This book was published in 2006 and it鈥檚 the author鈥檚 first novel to feature forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter.
It was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Novel of the Year.
This is a terrific forensic procedural novel/drama.
This was my first book by this author and I will definitely read the rest of this series.
I thought that the writing was excellent and the storytelling was gripping. The development was slow but far from boring.
The narrative alternates between first and third person.
The characters were interesting and believable, but, as I said in my first reading update, in the beginning I was a bit annoyed by the main character, who seemed to lack confidence and wits, but then I just needed to understand his state of mind.
The storyline becomes very dark and may not please everyone, as involves the killing of animals and birds, victims of cruelty. Although the author saved us from gory details, as the main character is a forensic anthropologist, during the reports is very easy to trigger the imagination.
The conclusion was riveting, although the twist was not to my satisfaction, which by the way was quite surprising.
Now I鈥檓 looking forward to watching the adaptation for the TV, which was released in 2023 (6 episodes).
I don鈥檛 remember how this title came to my attention, but I couldn鈥檛 find a copy available from Kindle or Kobo (in Canada), but luckily my library had a copy, which I had to wait too long.
If I didn鈥檛 read this book in one sitting was because of my work, which has been taken my focus out of reading.
Solid 4 stars 猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍猸愶笍
TW: death of animals and birds
This book was published in 2006 and it鈥檚 the author鈥檚 first novel to feature forensic anthropologist Dr David Hunter.
It was shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Duncan Lawrie Dagger for Best Novel of the Year.
This is a terrific forensic procedural novel/drama.
This was my first book by this author and I will definitely read the rest of this series.
I thought that the writing was excellent and the storytelling was gripping. The development was slow but far from boring.
The narrative alternates between first and third person.
The characters were interesting and believable, but, as I said in my first reading update, in the beginning I was a bit annoyed by the main character, who seemed to lack confidence and wits, but then I just needed to understand his state of mind.
The storyline becomes very dark and may not please everyone, as involves the killing of animals and birds, victims of cruelty. Although the author saved us from gory details, as the main character is a forensic anthropologist, during the reports is very easy to trigger the imagination.
The conclusion was riveting, although the twist was not to my satisfaction, which by the way was quite surprising.
Now I鈥檓 looking forward to watching the adaptation for the TV, which was released in 2023 (6 episodes).
I don鈥檛 remember how this title came to my attention, but I couldn鈥檛 find a copy available from Kindle or Kobo (in Canada), but luckily my library had a copy, which I had to wait too long.
If I didn鈥檛 read this book in one sitting was because of my work, which has been taken my focus out of reading.
March 29, 2019
I liked this first book of the series a lot. The characters are interesting, as was the story. There was a little bit of a supernatural element having to do with dreams, that I could do without, but it wasn't a major part of the story.
I had a feeling about the main villain, but rejected it, so I was surprised at how things turned out. There was another character that I thought might be the one, but unfortunately I was wrong - unfortunately because I wanted him to be the one.
The small town where the action took place was not a very pleasant town. It seemed to have all the negatives of small towns without the positives. This is ignoring the fact that several murders took place there over the years. But I believe it's not a permanent part of the series, as it seems he leaves at the end, and is no longer there in the next book, which I already started.
I had a feeling about the main villain, but rejected it, so I was surprised at how things turned out. There was another character that I thought might be the one, but unfortunately I was wrong - unfortunately because I wanted him to be the one.
The small town where the action took place was not a very pleasant town. It seemed to have all the negatives of small towns without the positives. This is ignoring the fact that several murders took place there over the years. But I believe it's not a permanent part of the series, as it seems he leaves at the end, and is no longer there in the next book, which I already started.
November 24, 2020
惟蟻伪委慰, 蟺慰位蠉 蠅蟻伪委慰. 螒蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 喂伪蟿蟻慰未喂魏伪蟽蟿萎蟼- 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰位蠈纬慰蟼 伪谓蟿委 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏蠈蟼. 螔位苇蟺慰蠀渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 苇蟻蔚蠀谓蔚蟼 伪蟺蠈 渭喂伪 维位位畏 慰蟺蟿喂魏萎, 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 蠈蟿喂 苇蠂蔚喂 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓. 危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 苇蠂蔚喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 位委纬慰 伪谓伪蟿蟻喂蠂喂伪蟽蟿喂魏苇蟼, 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 未蔚谓 蟿慰 蟽魏苇蠁蟿畏魏蔚 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蠁慰蟻维 魏伪喂 渭伪蟼 魏维谓蔚喂 伪谓维位蠀蟽畏 蟿慰 蟺蠈蟿蔚 魏伪喂 渭蔚 蟺慰喂慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 蔚蟺喂未蟻慰蠉谓 蟿伪 蟽魏慰蠀位萎魏喂伪 蟺维谓蠅 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 谓蔚魏蟻蠈 蟽蠋渭伪 纬喂伪 蟺伪蟻维未蔚喂纬渭伪, 伪位位维 纬蔚谓喂魏维 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位慰纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓慰 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚纬渭苇谓慰. 螝伪喂 慰 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 渭喂伪 蠂伪蟻维, 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠀蟿蠈蟼. 螌位伪 魏伪位维, 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰 蠂维蟻畏魏伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰.
February 12, 2023
Lubi臋 motyw ma艂ych spo艂eczno艣ci, ale opisy rozk艂adu ludzkich zw艂ok to jednak nie jest moja ulubiona rozrywka.
September 29, 2021
I loved every second of it. And despite having read the book a few years ago, I did not remember who the killer was. Only when a certain situation occurred, it came back to me^^ I have to say its probably the same page when I figured out the killer the first time too. Which is far into the last third. That's pretty late for me. Therefore it gets five stars because I couldn't figure it our too early :-D
I love Beckett's scientific explanations. They are sometimes gross but that's the job. I'm fascinated with this work and I even considered becoming an anthropologist when I was younger. Well, that has changed but I can still be some kind of one if I accompany David Hunter to his work. I cannot wait to read the other books :-)
I love Beckett's scientific explanations. They are sometimes gross but that's the job. I'm fascinated with this work and I even considered becoming an anthropologist when I was younger. Well, that has changed but I can still be some kind of one if I accompany David Hunter to his work. I cannot wait to read the other books :-)
June 7, 2013
Beckett takes the reader on a fabulous journey to the quaint English town of Manham, where tranquility appears to be the name of the game. With one General Practitioner, the town seems to be functioning fairly well, but a freak accident forces new blood to solve Manham's medical quandary. The arrival of a new doctor is not the only change in town, as dead animals and fowl begin to appear, coinciding with the new GP. When a body surfaces, our seemingly innocent GP reveals (to a select few) his secret previous life as a forensic anthropologist in London. While keeping his surgery running as best he can, with an enfeebled partner, we see a new side to our friendly doctor. These bodies tell great tales about the time of death as well as the manner; something no back-water doctor would know. Using skills honed in London and Tennessee's Body Farm, the hunt is on for the murderer who must be hiding in plain sight. The victims pile up and when one close to the heart disappears, the manhunt kicks into high gear. The reader is left to evaluate who it might be behind all these grizzly murders: the butcher, the priest, the publican? With a culminating 30 pages that will leave the reader wondering where that plot line came from, Beckett weaves a masterful initial novel in this series, sure to bring the reader back for Round Two.
With no prior history reading Beckett, I was pleasantly surprised at the book, especially since we are dealing with a journalist and not one who has or does work in the field. I felt small Jefferson Bass moments in the book, though the forensic anthropology was minimal. The story grows on you and the quaintness of the surroundings leaves the writer to wonder how anyone is such a lovely place could do anything so evil. I look forward to seeing what Beckett has in store in the rest of the series and will surely recommend this to anyone who likes the Reichs/Bass/Cornwell genre.
Kudos, Mr. Beckett on a great opening to the series. Keep them coming!
With no prior history reading Beckett, I was pleasantly surprised at the book, especially since we are dealing with a journalist and not one who has or does work in the field. I felt small Jefferson Bass moments in the book, though the forensic anthropology was minimal. The story grows on you and the quaintness of the surroundings leaves the writer to wonder how anyone is such a lovely place could do anything so evil. I look forward to seeing what Beckett has in store in the rest of the series and will surely recommend this to anyone who likes the Reichs/Bass/Cornwell genre.
Kudos, Mr. Beckett on a great opening to the series. Keep them coming!
April 8, 2023
A three star tale utterly ruined by a cowardly and dishonest shite of an ending. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
2 Weaselly Stars
2 Weaselly Stars
May 24, 2024
袧械 胁谐邪写邪褌懈 斜褍谢芯 褋泻谢邪写薪芯. 啸芯褔 褉芯蟹胁懈谢泻邪 胁 锌械褉械写芯褋褌邪薪薪褨褏 谐谢邪胁邪褏 褨 薪邪屑邪谐邪谢邪褋褟 蟹邪锌谢褍褌邪褌懈, 邪谢械 胁褉械褕褌褨-褉械褕褌 褖芯褉邪蟹褍, 泻芯谢懈 胁懈锌谢懈胁邪胁 褑械泄 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸, 胁 谐芯谢芯胁褨 泻褉褍褌懈谢邪褋褟 写褍屑泻邪: 芦薪械 褌褉械斜邪, 薪械 褌褉械斜邪, 薪械 褩写褜, 芯褋芯斜谢懈胁芯 褋邪屑!禄
袛邪胁邪谢芯褋褟 写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌褨写泻邪蟹芯泻. 袩械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨胁, 褟泻懈褏 斜懈 蟹谐邪写褍胁邪谢懈 褏芯褔 泻褨谢褜泻邪 褉邪蟹褨胁 锌褉芯褌褟谐芯屑 泻薪懈谐懈, 薪邪胁锌邪泻懈, 斜褍谢芯 屑邪谢芯.
袗谢械
袧械 蟹胁邪卸邪褞褔懈 薪邪 褍褋械 褑械, 屑械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褟. 携 锌谢邪泻邪谢邪 蟹邪 袥褨薪 袦械褌泻邪谢褎. 携 薪械褉胁褍胁邪谢邪 蟹邪 袛卸械薪薪褨, 写芯 芯褋褌邪薪薪褜芯谐芯 褋锌芯写褨胁邪褞褔懈褋褜 薪邪 褖邪褋谢懈胁懈泄 写谢褟 薪械褩 褎褨薪邪谢. 袦械薪褨 斜褍谢芯 褕泻芯写邪 谐芯谢芯胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟, 褏芯褔 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 泄 薪械 写褍屑邪谢邪, 褖芯 蟹屑芯卸褍 褋锌褨胁褔褍胁邪褌懈 泄芯屑褍.
携 薪械 谢褞斜谢褞 褋薪懈, 褟泻褨 锌械褉械写斜邪褔邪褞褌褜 屑邪泄斜褍褌薪褦 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褏 斜械蟹 芯蟹薪邪泻 屑褨褋褌懈泻懈 邪斜芯 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈泻懈. 袉 褟 褌械褉锌褨褌懈 薪械 屑芯卸褍 褉芯蟹泻褉懈褌褌褟 褋懈褌褍邪褑褨褩 胁褨写 芯斜谢懈褔褔褟 蟹谢芯写褨褟 胁 泻褉懈褌懈褔薪懈泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 胁 泻褨薪褑褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩.
袗谢械
笑械 斜褍谢芯 械屑芯褑褨泄薪芯. 袉 褑褜芯谐芯 胁懈褋褌邪褔懈谢芯, 褖芯斜 胁褉械褕褌褨-褉械褕褌 锌褨写褕褌芯胁褏薪褍褌懈 屑械薪械 写芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 薪邪褋褌褍锌薪懈褏 褔邪褋褌懈薪 褑懈泻谢褍.
小胁褨褌 褋锌芯胁薪械薪懈泄 谢褞写械泄, 薪械听蟹写邪褌薪懈褏 锌芯胁褨褉懈褌懈, 褖芯 褩褏薪褨泄 写芯斜褉懈泄 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈泄听鈥� 褍斜懈胁褑褟. 袙锌械褉褕械 褟听蟹邪屑懈褋谢懈胁褋褟, 褔懈 褋邪屑 薪械听薪邪谢械卸褍 写芯 褌邪泻懈褏.
4,5/5
袛邪胁邪谢芯褋褟 写褍卸械 斜邪谐邪褌芯 锌褨写泻邪蟹芯泻. 袩械褉褋芯薪邪卸褨胁, 褟泻懈褏 斜懈 蟹谐邪写褍胁邪谢懈 褏芯褔 泻褨谢褜泻邪 褉邪蟹褨胁 锌褉芯褌褟谐芯屑 泻薪懈谐懈, 薪邪胁锌邪泻懈, 斜褍谢芯 屑邪谢芯.
袗谢械
袧械 蟹胁邪卸邪褞褔懈 薪邪 褍褋械 褑械, 屑械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褟. 携 锌谢邪泻邪谢邪 蟹邪 袥褨薪 袦械褌泻邪谢褎. 携 薪械褉胁褍胁邪谢邪 蟹邪 袛卸械薪薪褨, 写芯 芯褋褌邪薪薪褜芯谐芯 褋锌芯写褨胁邪褞褔懈褋褜 薪邪 褖邪褋谢懈胁懈泄 写谢褟 薪械褩 褎褨薪邪谢. 袦械薪褨 斜褍谢芯 褕泻芯写邪 谐芯谢芯胁薪芯谐芯 谐械褉芯褟, 褏芯褔 薪邪 锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 泄 薪械 写褍屑邪谢邪, 褖芯 蟹屑芯卸褍 褋锌褨胁褔褍胁邪褌懈 泄芯屑褍.
携 薪械 谢褞斜谢褞 褋薪懈, 褟泻褨 锌械褉械写斜邪褔邪褞褌褜 屑邪泄斜褍褌薪褦 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褏 斜械蟹 芯蟹薪邪泻 屑褨褋褌懈泻懈 邪斜芯 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈泻懈. 袉 褟 褌械褉锌褨褌懈 薪械 屑芯卸褍 褉芯蟹泻褉懈褌褌褟 褋懈褌褍邪褑褨褩 胁褨写 芯斜谢懈褔褔褟 蟹谢芯写褨褟 胁 泻褉懈褌懈褔薪懈泄 屑芯屑械薪褌 胁 泻褨薪褑褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩.
袗谢械
笑械 斜褍谢芯 械屑芯褑褨泄薪芯. 袉 褑褜芯谐芯 胁懈褋褌邪褔懈谢芯, 褖芯斜 胁褉械褕褌褨-褉械褕褌 锌褨写褕褌芯胁褏薪褍褌懈 屑械薪械 写芯 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 薪邪褋褌褍锌薪懈褏 褔邪褋褌懈薪 褑懈泻谢褍.
小胁褨褌 褋锌芯胁薪械薪懈泄 谢褞写械泄, 薪械听蟹写邪褌薪懈褏 锌芯胁褨褉懈褌懈, 褖芯 褩褏薪褨泄 写芯斜褉懈泄 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈泄听鈥� 褍斜懈胁褑褟. 袙锌械褉褕械 褟听蟹邪屑懈褋谢懈胁褋褟, 褔懈 褋邪屑 薪械听薪邪谢械卸褍 写芯 褌邪泻懈褏.
4,5/5
February 21, 2024
5/5 猸愶笍
校胁邪谐邪! 袩褨写 褔邪褋 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 泻褉邪褖械 薪械 褩褋褌懈, 褟泻褖芯 胁懈 胁褉邪蟹谢懈胁褨.
袦械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褟 褔懈褌邪褌懈 褑械泄 写械褌械泻褌懈胁 蟹褨 褋褌芯褉芯薪懈 邪薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯谐邪. 袛褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈 锌褉芯 褌械 褟泻 褉芯蟹泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 褌褨谢芯 褌邪 胁懈蟹薪邪褔械薪薪褟 褔邪褋褍 褋屑械褉褌褨, 泻芯谢懈 胁褨写 褌褨谢邪 屑邪泄卸械 薪褨褔芯谐芯 薪械 蟹邪谢懈褕懈谢芯褋褟. 袙褋褨 芯锌懈褋邪薪褨 锌褉芯褑械褋懈 写芯蟹胁芯谢褟褞褌褜 褌芯斜褨 蟹邪薪褍褉懈褌懈褋褟 胁 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉褍. 孝芯斜褨 褋褌邪褦 薪械泻芯屑褎芯褉褌薪芯, 胁芯谢芯褋褋褟 褋褌邪褦 写懈斜泻懈 薪邪 写械褟泻懈褏 芯锌懈褋邪褏.
袙蟹邪谐邪谢褨 褑褟 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 褋褌褉邪褏褍 褌邪 薪械薪邪胁懈褋褌褨 胁 屑邪谢械薪褜泻芯屑褍 屑褨褋褌械褔泻褍 褔褍写芯胁芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪邪, 褟 锌褉褟屑 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢邪 褋械斜械 褔邪褋褌懈薪芯褞 褑褨褦褩 谐褉芯屑邪写懈. 携 胁 蟹邪褏胁邪褌褨 褟泻 邪胁褌芯褉 蟹屑褨谐 蟹邪薪褍褉懈褌懈 褔懈褌邪褔褨胁 胁 褨褋褌芯褉褨褞.
袨褋褌邪薪薪褨 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈 褌褉懈屑邪谢懈 胁 褌邪泻褨泄 薪邪锌褉褍蟹褨, 褟泻 褨 胁褋褟 泻薪懈谐邪 斜褍谢邪 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪邪, 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褔邪褋褍 蟹邪薪褍写褜谐褍胁邪褌懈.
小锌芯褔邪褌泻褍 褟 锌褨写芯蟹褉褞胁邪谢邪 薪械 褌芯谐芯, 胁卸械 锌褨写 泻褨薪械褑褜 锌芯褔邪谢邪 蟹写芯谐邪写褍胁邪褌懈褋褟 褏褌芯 卸 薪邪褕 胁斜懈胁褑褟鈥斝垦佇秆呅拘啃把�. 啸芯褔邪 蟹邪褉邪蟹 邪薪邪谢褨蟹褍褞褔懈, 褟 褉芯蟹褍屑褨褞, 褖芯 斜褍谢懈 薪邪褌褟泻懈.
袦械薪褨 写褍卸械 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢邪褋褜 泻薪懈谐邪, 芯斜芯胁'褟蟹泻芯胁芯 斜褍写褍 褔懈褌邪褌懈 薪邪褋褌褍锌薪褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩 胁 褋械褉褨褩
校胁邪谐邪! 袩褨写 褔邪褋 褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 泻褉邪褖械 薪械 褩褋褌懈, 褟泻褖芯 胁懈 胁褉邪蟹谢懈胁褨.
袦械薪褨 褋锌芯写芯斜邪谢芯褋褟 褔懈褌邪褌懈 褑械泄 写械褌械泻褌懈胁 蟹褨 褋褌芯褉芯薪懈 邪薪褌褉芯锌芯谢芯谐邪. 袛褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯 褔懈褌邪褌懈 锌褉芯 褌械 褟泻 褉芯蟹泻谢邪写邪褦褌褜褋褟 褌褨谢芯 褌邪 胁懈蟹薪邪褔械薪薪褟 褔邪褋褍 褋屑械褉褌褨, 泻芯谢懈 胁褨写 褌褨谢邪 屑邪泄卸械 薪褨褔芯谐芯 薪械 蟹邪谢懈褕懈谢芯褋褟. 袙褋褨 芯锌懈褋邪薪褨 锌褉芯褑械褋懈 写芯蟹胁芯谢褟褞褌褜 褌芯斜褨 蟹邪薪褍褉懈褌懈褋褟 胁 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉褍. 孝芯斜褨 褋褌邪褦 薪械泻芯屑褎芯褉褌薪芯, 胁芯谢芯褋褋褟 褋褌邪褦 写懈斜泻懈 薪邪 写械褟泻懈褏 芯锌懈褋邪褏.
袙蟹邪谐邪谢褨 褑褟 邪褌屑芯褋褎械褉邪 褋褌褉邪褏褍 褌邪 薪械薪邪胁懈褋褌褨 胁 屑邪谢械薪褜泻芯屑褍 屑褨褋褌械褔泻褍 褔褍写芯胁芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪邪, 褟 锌褉褟屑 胁褨写褔褍胁邪谢邪 褋械斜械 褔邪褋褌懈薪芯褞 褑褨褦褩 谐褉芯屑邪写懈. 携 胁 蟹邪褏胁邪褌褨 褟泻 邪胁褌芯褉 蟹屑褨谐 蟹邪薪褍褉懈褌懈 褔懈褌邪褔褨胁 胁 褨褋褌芯褉褨褞.
袨褋褌邪薪薪褨 褉芯蟹写褨谢懈 褌褉懈屑邪谢懈 胁 褌邪泻褨泄 薪邪锌褉褍蟹褨, 褟泻 褨 胁褋褟 泻薪懈谐邪 斜褍谢邪 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪邪, 薪械 斜褍谢芯 褔邪褋褍 蟹邪薪褍写褜谐褍胁邪褌懈.
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