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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} the Prisoner of Brenda by Colin Bateman the Prisoner of Brenda by Colin Bateman Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Prisoner of Brenda by Colin Bateman The Prisoner of Brenda by Colin Bateman. By the time of ‘The Prisoner of Brenda’, Colin Bateman’s Mystery Man creation has been around for a few books. The enigmatic book store owner is a great creation; sarcastic, neurotic and quite likely psychotic. In his previous adventures he has been threatened plenty of times, but has always managed a jammy escape; usually with the aid of his girlfriend or lacklustre helper. However, ‘Brenda’ puts him up against his most dangerous foe yet, himself. We learn more in the pages of this book about Mystery Man than in all the previous novels combines. ‘Brenda’ in parts takes place in a psychiatric hospital, a place that MM spend some of his formative years in. To start with ‘Brenda’ appears to be the normal breezy Mystery Man book as a client enters the bookstore asking to hire him to investigate the murder of his brother. A prologue does hint that this is a darker tale than normal, but it is not until the mental institution that the book really takes a turn for the macabre. Although MM never comes across as a confident character, he is actually very smug and assured. When he places himself in the hands of the authorities he is forced to examine what he has become and deal without the pharmacy of drugs that he has come to depend on. For the middle section of the book, the crime story takes a back seat and instead the character of MM comes to the fore. How did he become so damaged and does his bitter exterior hide a brittle interior. There are moments of real dread in the mental institution as MM feels his ability to control things slip away. The book almost takes a horror turn as our hero fears being returned back to a life of institution. As a fan of the series and the character I found this elements very interesting. Bateman is a wonderful writer and he is able to get very dark laughs out of any material. The books are narrated from MM’s point of view and some of the best elements are when he thinks of something so dark that you don’t know if he is kidding or not. ‘Brenda’ is the first book in the series that hints that these thoughts may actually come into fruition. With such a great character study in the centre of the book, the crime bookend struggles to hold its own. The deaths may be gruesome, but the solution is a little flat. At least MM gets to have a little Poirot moment as he gathers all the suspects together. For fans of the series ‘Brenda’ gives a great insight into the character of Mystery Man and may just be the best book in the series, but for readers new to the books; it will be flatter. Colin Bateman Books In Order. Publication Order of Eddie and the Gang With No Name Books. Reservoir Pups (2003) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett (2004) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Seagulls Have Landed (2013) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Publication Order of Titanic 2020 Books. Titanic 2020 (2007) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Cannibal City (2012) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Publication Order of Mystery Man Books. Mystery Man (2009) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Day of the Jack Russell (2009) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Dr. Yes (2010) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Prisoner of Brenda (2012) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Publication Order of SOS Adventures Books. Ice Quake (2010) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Fire Storm (2010) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Tusk (2011) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Publication Order of Papercuts Books. The Dead and the Quick (2015) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Return of the Native (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Mr Turner's Prize (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Hong Kong Phooey (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Good, The Bad and the Quite Ugly (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Eagle Has Crash Landed (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com The Next to Last of the Mohicans (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Dog Day Mid-Afternoon (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Publication Order of Standalone Novels. Cycle of Violence (1995) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Best In The Business (1997) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Empire State (1997) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Maid of the Mist (1999) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Wild About Harry (2000) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Mohammed Maguire (2001) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Chapter and Verse (2003) Amazon.de | Amazon.com I Predict a Riot (2007) Amazon.de | Amazon.com Orpheus Rising (2008) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Publication Order of Short Story Collections. Papercuts (2016) Amazon.de | Amazon.com. Before he became a full-time author, Collin Bateman used to serve as a journalist. Divorcing Jack, which won the Betty Task Prize was Colin Bateman’s debut novel. Ever since then, all the novels that Colin Bateman has penned down, have been critically acclaimed. Due to the success of his novels, Colin Bateman was even involved in the penning down of the screenplay feature films, that were adapted from his novels including Crossmaheart, Divorcing Jack and also Wild about Harry. Colin Bateman Best Books. Divorcing Jack is the story about a hero, though in this case his name is not Jack and neither is he getting a divorce. The protagonist’s name is one, Dan Starkey, who is a satirical columnist for the local newspaper. As it is the case with many columnists and lead characters, Dan is a heavy drinker which many at times lands him in trouble with his wife. Worse than the hangovers that he normally experiences is the discovery of a body of his one-night stands, who murmurs to him, Divorce Jack before she passes out. The discovery of the body marked the starting point of a wild rollercoaster that was marked with multiple kidnappings, wife getting her revenge for betrayal, gunfights, car chases, multiple kidnappings, the leaders of the underworld chasing Dan alongside the IRA, the police, the army and several foreign secret services as well. With that said, Divorcing Jack is an exceedingly funny read. Despite the fact that the plot is somewhat unbelievable, the humor still made up. Apart from being filled with local characters, Divorcing Jack has several great lines that will keep the reader entertained throughout. Mystery Man is another highly entertaining book by Collin Bateman. It is also the first installment in the Mystery Man book series. The protagonist in this book is the owner of No Alibis, one of the leading mystery fiction bookshops in Belfast. In an exceedingly clever plot twist, the PI next door has been missing for quite some time. Thus, the PI’s clients come to the protagonist’s bookshop to look for him. Due to the fearless nature of the bookshop owner, he decides to take up these cases. The hero is the epitome of the paranoid hypochondriac. He eventually ends up with every personality disorder and disease that crosses his mind. The girl next door is a self-proclaimed virgin, whose main work is creating graphic novels. Without the assistance of the girl, the hero manages to solve a safe case like missing trousers, derogatory graffiti on flyovers. However, when the exceptionally beautiful girl teams up with the armchair detective, danger backs its ugly head. With that said, the mystery man is an ingenious story, with an extremely paranoid hero. This book is downright funny. Medications, medical terms, and descriptions are spot on. The Mystery Man is filled with some laddish humor as well as some exceedingly interesting anoraky stuff about crime fiction present and past. The Day of Jack Russell. The Day of Jack Russell is a comic crime caper that has been laced throughout with gags, humor and nonconformist characters. The readers will find themselves laughing from time to time. Colin Bateman’s style of writing is not only witty but also highly engaging as well. The author, Bateman has a gift of constructing a dialogue that crackles off the page. The storyline begins as one Bill Randall, a man who owns a low-cost airline enters the mystery man’s bookshop. The man has been made fun off on YouTube by several individuals, who had pornographically altered his features on one of the advertising billboards within Belfast. Randall wants the mystery man to find out who these men are so that he can be able to deal with them. Apart from this case, the mystery man is also presented with another case, where the Stuffed Dog of the Chief Constable of the town has been stolen. Dr. Yes is the third book in the Mystery Man book series. The book begins as the case of the cock headed man has just been solved and life has just returned to normalcy for the mystery man. Despite having some normalcy in his life, the Mystery Man is still facing some challenges at home, when his girlfriend alleges that she is three months pregnant with his child. One Day, he spots one Augustine Wogan, a paranoid crime writer walking past his shop. This, in turn, becomes the catalyst for one of the Mystery Man’s most dangerous cases ever. Wogan’s wife had disappeared a few moments after she entered Dr. Yes’s clinic, who is a professional plastic surgeon. Wogan is more than convinced that his wife is dead and he wants the Mystery Man to solve the mystery. However, it does not take long before Wogan is found dead.
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