Three Graves Full

author: Jamie Mason

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.46

book published: 2013

rating: 4

read at: 2013/05/06

date added: 2013/05/06

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'Three Graves Full' reads like a Coen brothers movie. There are dark twists and turns, characters that seem caricatured at first, and a kind of loopy humor at the ludicrous nature of it all.



When milquetoast Jason Getty killed a man who pushed him too far and buried him in his backyard, he lived in fear that the body would one day be discovered. What he didn't expect were the two bodies the cops find buried in his front yard. Bodies that he knew nothing about. When Jason decides to move the body he buried before the police find it, that's when the craziness really begins.



A darkly fun debut novel from someone I hope to read more from. The characters are interesting and resist stereotyping. Sure, there are the small town cops, but they are smarter than they let on. Jason's nervousness and bumbling give him an interesting growth arc, even if it takes until almost the end of the book to see it, and the jilted fiancee even shows an interesting side when it counts. If you like your thrillers quirky and strange, and you have a strong stomach, you can't go wrong with this book.





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