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Into the Thinnest of Air (2018)

de Simon R. Green

Sèrie: Ishmael Jones (5)

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Dinner at an ancient Cornish inn leads to one baffling disappearance after another in the latest intriguing Ishmael Jones mystery. "It's just a nice weekend, in a nice country inn. Nothing bad is going to happen ..." Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are attending the re-opening of Tyrone's Castle, an ancient Cornish inn originally built by smugglers. Over dinner that night, the guests entertain one another with ghost stories inspired by local legends and superstitions. But it would appear that the curse of Tyrone's Castle has struck for real when one of their number disappears into thin air. And then another . . . Is the inn really subject to an ancient curse? Skeptical of ghost stories, Ishmael believes the key to the mystery lies in the present rather than the past. But with no bodies, no evidence and no clues to go on, how can he prove it?… (més)
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Ishmael Jones deserves better.
Excessively repetitive stalled out storyline.
Banter between Ishmael & Penny is absent.
Locked room mystery without any supernatural/unnatural element. ( )
  AQsReviews | Dec 28, 2022 |
As this is book 5 in the series and I have read them all have I started to see a pattern to these tales. Well, you only have to read two books to see a pattern. Ishmael Jones and Penny travel to a remote place and in the castle/old mansion, etc. weird shit happens and many people die horribly.

Dead Man Walking the first book I read in this series (and book two in the series) is still my favorite Ishmael Jones book. I think because the concept was new and I was intrigued by his past and all the gory deaths, of course, made the book awesome. Yeah, I'm very easy to please.

Into the Thinnest of Air is so far the one book that I feel is not really working for me. Sure, there were some funny moments between Ishmael and Penny, but the funny banter felt lighter than usual and the mystery of the Tyrone Castle felt neither intriguing nor especially mysterious. People that kept mysteriously disappearing? Not as interesting as people suddenly being brutally murdered along the way by some mysterious foe. And, the ending, well I was not terribly surprised, to be honest. I do hope the next book is better.

I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review. ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
As this is book 5 in the series and I have read them all have I started to see a pattern to these tales. Well, you only have to read two books to see a pattern. Ishmael Jones and Penny travel to a remote place and in the castle/old mansion, etc. weird shit happens and many people die horribly.

Dead Man Walking the first book I read in this series (and book two in the series) is still my favorite Ishmael Jones book. I think because the concept was new and I was intrigued by his past and all the gory deaths, of course, made the book awesome. Yeah, I'm very easy to please.

Into the Thinnest of Air is so far the one book that I feel is not really working for me. Sure, there were some funny moments between Ishmael and Penny, but the funny banter felt lighter than usual and the mystery of the Tyrone Castle felt neither intriguing nor especially mysterious. People that kept mysteriously disappearing? Not as interesting as people suddenly being brutally murdered along the way by some mysterious foe. And, the ending, well I was not terribly surprised, to be honest. I do hope the next book is better.

I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review. ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
I keep coming back to this series because it's like a warm blanket that keeps me cozy. It also causes mild anxiety because I have no idea whats going on until the end. That said there was a problem with this one. Near the end when the mystery is revealed there was one point that stuck out. We're told that the lead character has superhuman hearing. Well apparently he could hear a door opening and closing from five feet away. Also characters disappear in what seems like seconds without a trace. When you find out how this happens it doesn't make too much sense that someone could disappear without leaving some trace behind for the superhuman lead character to pick up on. Other then that it was very suspenseful and heartbreaking near the end. Another good entry in this series.

I read this book via NetGalley. I thank them for this book. #IntoTheThinnestOfAir #NetGalley ( )
  Kurt.Rocourt | Jun 14, 2021 |
Into the Thinnest of Air
(Ishmael Jones #5)
by Simon R. Green
This book takes Ishmael and Penny on a "quiet" night out to an opening to a refurbished inn with a history. It was a smugglers inn and a site of a mass murder. Things don't end up being as quiet as the couple expected. People start disappearing. Pretty good story. I did figure out part of the story right away but not the who! I still enjoyed it a great deal! ( )
  MontzaleeW | Dec 1, 2020 |
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[During a discussion of what might be going on]

'I told you,' I said, I don't believe in the supernatural.'

'Tough,' said Valerie. 'It believes in you. And it'll do whatever it wants with you. That's the point of these old stories.'

'Maybe that's why I won't believe in them,' I said. 'I have to believe that no matter what is out there I can still fight back... I am the captain of my ship and it's loaded with really big guns.' (chapter 5)
'What if the demon has opened a door big enough to swallow the whole inn?' she said. Her eyes were a little too large than was good for her, as she stared at something only she could see. 'What if we go outside and the world we know is gone, replaced by something else? What if there is nothing outside ... and this is all there is now?'

For a long moment no one said anything.

'OK... said Jimmy. 'Someone has jumped right over the edge and taken common sense with her. You need a drink, Eileen.' (chapter 5)
'For a long time after the rest of my family were killed,' said Penny, 'I didn't know how to feel. I kept wondering why I'd survived when everyone else had died. Why did I deserve to live? And then I realized. I lived because you saved me, Ishmael. So i decided I would justify my survival by working with you and saving others. I like to think I've made a difference. didn't we, Ishmael, defying the forces of darkness and doing things that mattered?' (chapter 6)
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Dinner at an ancient Cornish inn leads to one baffling disappearance after another in the latest intriguing Ishmael Jones mystery. "It's just a nice weekend, in a nice country inn. Nothing bad is going to happen ..." Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are attending the re-opening of Tyrone's Castle, an ancient Cornish inn originally built by smugglers. Over dinner that night, the guests entertain one another with ghost stories inspired by local legends and superstitions. But it would appear that the curse of Tyrone's Castle has struck for real when one of their number disappears into thin air. And then another . . . Is the inn really subject to an ancient curse? Skeptical of ghost stories, Ishmael believes the key to the mystery lies in the present rather than the past. But with no bodies, no evidence and no clues to go on, how can he prove it?

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