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The Jigsaw Man
Nadine Matheson
2020 · 496 pages · Thriller
How it reads
The Jigsaw Man is thriller (serial-killer thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are justice, secrets and identity. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. At 496 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want to be sure it ends well
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you want dense, lingering prose
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- thriller
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- big city
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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