Bundu Reviews

Maybe I should be a little circumspect about writing a negative review of “The Death List” considering that’s what opens up a world of trouble for one of the characters in the book….

… But I won’t lie – the only reason the book came into my possession and I actually read it was because it came as a freebie with my latest copy of the Getaway magazine in December.

The story revolves around author Matt Wells who has hit something of a slump in his career. His agent and publisher have dumped him and he is battling to write anything of any substance.

That is until a serial killer makes contact with him and begins blackmailing him into writing his story. The killer knows his every move and who his friends and enemies are… and nobody is safe.

Wells, a former rugby league player then decides to fight back when he finds his back to the wall and the body count climbing rapidly. He partners with his mates – one a multi-millionaire, one a technology wizard who can break into any computer system and one an ex-SAS soldier to try and turn the tables on his adversary.

Right…

In all honesty the story wasn’t half bad, but the characters cost it – they just weren’t believable. If characters count for nought in your reading then the story will be passable, but you will find it bugging you.

Also if you don’t have the stomach for silly levels of graphic violence then you might also want to ignore this book. 

Title: The Death List

Author: Paul Johnston

ISBN: 978-0-7783-0159-2

Rated the book two and a half out of five – good story line but the characters were just a little too unbelievable for me.

You can buy this book online from retailer Loot for R100 but I wouldn’t.