A Slow Burning

by Stanley Pottinger

Book Overview

The author of the bestselling The Fourth Procedure is back with a provocative thriller that takes readers to a place where memories can become a living nightmare. As a brilliant scientist comes close... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451202120
• ISBN13: 9780451202123
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating...mind stirring...a new wave of technology

First of all, I have NO time in my busy schedule to read a fortune cookie, let alone a 478 page fiction novel...However, this was one book I could NOT put down! Mr. Pottinger does what I love best - he introduces you to each major character in a very special, intimate way, and sets the stage for how this plot eventually ties itself together. And in the end, you nod your head, and finally "get it". It's a combination of detective work, medical advances and a passionate love triangle that will surprise you in the end.It's a very well researched, well written book, and one i will most DEFINITELY keep on my bookshelf for years to come.

Brilliant!

What a story! Nat Hennessey and Cush Walker are the two main characters in this un-putdown-able crime/murder/love story, who really don't like each other much at all - they are fighting over the same woman who is in a coma.The story is brilliant - so many twists & turns that I never ever saw coming. This has got to be one of the best novels I have read..the only negative aspect - it is a bit long & because all the characters are interwoven within in each other, it gets a bit confusing but definately keep reading...it is well worth the ending! I can't wait to read another Stanley Pottinger book, these are the sort of books I love - not just a boring whodunit, or why they did it or even a boring romance..it has everything a good book should & heaps more! If only there were more like this...

A genius of a book, not for the light-hearted!

This is an extremely complicated book, that is hard to read if you are into simple straightforward stores. It contains violence, action, mystery, social and romantic drama and lots of medical detail. What is most amazing about it is that it has so much atmosphere that you feel it is taking place in a very different world. It is dark and mysterious and at no point does it relieve the tension. The characters are no heroes - they are ruthless, self-centred individuals each pursuing their own aims. It is disturbing, and at times filled with medical jargon you can't grasp, but it is gripping and brilliant, and takes us beyond the boundaries of our imagination and beyond all humans' capabilities, just like "Fourth Procedure". I reccommend it to anyone who likes to think and wonder.

REALLLLLY DESERVES 10 STARS!

This phenomenal, intelligent thriller truly has something for everyone! There's love and romance mixed in with mystery, suspense, exceedingly graphic violence tossed in with a bit of time travel and even nano-technology! Pottinger is a brilliant writer who really needs to quit his day job so he can devote full time to his rare talent. I just hope that we don't have to wait another 5 years for his 3rd book to appear. When you start reading this amazing book, be prepared to forget about the rest of the world because it completely grabs you with the very first page and doesn't let you go until the shocking and most satifying conclusion! You'll not be disappointed in this book which is destined for the bestseller list immediately upon publication....hopefully! Enjoy!

DEFINITELY WELL WORTH THE LONG 5 YEAR WAIT!!!

THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!!! Mr. Pottinger has created a suspense thriller of the very highest order! It truly has something for everyone....love, tenderness, time travel, nano-technology, exceedingly graphic violent scenes, excellent character development with characters that you come to love/hate as the case may be, vivid visualizations created with his master use of words....in one word, WOW!!! Do not miss this book which is destinted to be on the bestseller list within one week of its publication!!! Such fascinating minutiae on so many truly interesting matters and you're left wondering just how much of this book is happening now and not when the rest will occur but how soon! Thank you, Mr. Pottinger for a most pleasurable book! Please don't wait another five years to present us with your next wonder!