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Knife Music (Center Point Platinum Mystery) Library Binding – Large Print, January 1, 2010

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Six months after saving the life of a teenage car-accident victim, emergency room surgeon Ted Cogan is shocked when he is questioned by police in the wake of her baffling suicide, which causes the womanizing Cogan to be wrongly accused of rape. A first novel. (Suspense). Simultaneous.

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463 pages
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English
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Center Point Pub
Publication date

January 1, 2010
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6 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches
ISBN-10

1602858179
ISBN-13

978-1602858176
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Center Point Pub; Large Print edition (January 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Library Binding ‏ : ‎ 463 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1602858179
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1602858176
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.5 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.5 x 8.75 inches

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While David Carnoy lives in New York City with his wife and children, his novels are mainly set in Silicon Valley, where he grew up and went to high school (Palo Alto). His debut novel, Knife Music (2010), was a Top-10 bestseller on the Kindle and also a bestseller on the Nook. More medical thriller than high-tech thriller, to research the novel Carnoy spent a lot of time talking with doctors, visiting trauma centers, and trailed a surgeon at a hospital in Northern California to help create the book's protagonist, Dr. Ted Cogan.

The Big Exit (2012) and Lucidity (2017) are part of a trilogy that features Detective Hank Madden, but they're designed to be read as standalone thrillers. All his novels have a bit of a high-tech slant, reflecting Carnoy's experiences as an executive editor at CNET.com, where he currently works and is trying resolve his obsession with consumer electronics products. He went to college at Wesleyan University and has an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University.

"A lot people ask me how I have time to write novels when I have a full-time job and four young kids and I just say I got a hold of some of those pills Bradley Cooper's character popped in the movie Limitless," Carnoy says. He adds that if Bradley Cooper is reading this, he'd make "an excellent Dr. Ted Cogan for the film version of Knife Music."

Carnoy is also fan of The Big Lebowski and all Coen brothers movies except The Ladykillers.

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Adrienne

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Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2010

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Knife Music is part medical thriller and part police procedural, and it certainly has all the gut-level suspense of a detective story. But this is no ordinary thriller. In the tradition of Richard Price or Dennis Lehane, Carnoy digs so deeply into the past experiences that have led to the motivations, secret or subconscious thoughts of each of his main characters that you almost feel guilty for eavesdropping. He has a remarkable ear for dialogue; in a line or two or maybe a single phrase of age-appropriate lingo he conjures a character's history and emotional baggage, masterfully rendering the rhythms and inflections of speech, cadence, tone, and cultural dialect. Movies and popular music are the common language of all these characters; images from iconic films of the past three decades appear throughout the narrative as reminders of who we are and who we've been. The people in this story are so human, so fleshed out, that one can't help but recognize them.
Tying together all the elements of this excellent literary thriller is the author's cinematic sense of pacing. The novel covers a period of about ten months and is written in the present tense, except for the intermittent flashbacks that supply back-story. Carnoy zips backwards and forwards through the immediate and distant past with remarkable ease, giving the reader an easy-to-follow timeline in the form of a police log date stamp at the opening of each scene. Along the way he manages to reveal just enough of the hidden depths of his characters' hearts to keep his reader turning the pages.

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Amy L. Champlin

Excellent book!! Phenominal read at a fantastic price!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2011

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Overall, I loved reading this book. The characters had enough depth to them that, even though the story is fictitious, that the story could have been real. Each character had just enough background and just enough flaws, the scenes have just enough details, and the storyline is so effective that the book comes alive. It's definitely a page turner.

However, I took one star off because there were loose ends.
Sometimes, rules are made that seem harsh and a bit stupid; but it is this kind of rule that protects us in the long run. Dr. Cogan broke one of these rules; it got him into the bad situation that is the plot. His rule-breaking was never addressed. The reason for the book was forgotten. A big discrepancy between the story of a witness and the diary was never addressed and should have been taken out or changed. I don't like loose ends.

The twist at the end of the story was a stroke of genius on Carnoy's part as was the title. I do not hesitate to recommend this book.

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Gaby in Seattle

A Real Page-Turner, Good Fun!

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2010

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What a fun read! I really enjoyed Knife Music and can't wait for Carnoy's next one. It is a real page-turner that kept me up late several nights. The book had a little of everything...sex, suspense, friendships, betrayals, forgiveness, good guys, bad guys, flirting, banter...a wonderful book for summer reading. There were so many twists and turns and I liked how there was a human side to all of the characters including Cogan, Madden and Beckler. I also liked how Cogan, the main character, is generally a good guy, but also a bit of a cowboy. Makes me think a little bit of David Duchovny in the TV series "Californication."

I recommend this book for anyone who wants some fun and engaging reading for the beach, summer nights or colder fall days.

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Scamp

Not a bad first effort

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2010

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For a first novel, I thought this was a decent effort. I got through the multiple transitions from the past to the present just fine, although this could have been a lot smoother. Still, I thought it was brave of the author to try this, and he was mostly successful, in my opinion.

The characters were fairly well drawn, and I did care about most of them. The novel mostly held my interest, although the pace lagged at times; and I didn't find it difficult to keep reading through to the end. And here is where my main problem with the novel rests: the ending. Ack. To me, it was disappointing and trivial, so much so that it rather spoiled the entirety of the reading experience for me. The reasoning offered for the events that transpired was irritating and somewhat juvenile. The closing lines of the book descended into formulaic television series-style cliche.

There are ways the ending could have been improved, but it would take introducing spoilers to elaborate. So I won't do that. I will say that it would have improved with a little more character development and an interpersonal history with more depth and range.

I think the author is someone to watch, and I will be interested to see what he writes next. I do think Knife Music was a promising beginning and hope that Carnoy continues to write and to improve his skills. He has a lot of talent, in my opinion.

I can't say that I would recommend this book to anyone, but I can't really discourage readers from buying it, either. It seems to be a good read for many other people, but it just wasn't to my tastes.

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E. Bennet

Poignant and Probable

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2010

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Carnoy's premier novel hits it home with the characters! Throughout this read, I found myself on a roller coaster of emotions for each person that was engulfed by this murder case. As readers, we are typically accustomed to the feelings of love, hate, envy and ironically pride towards our protagonists, but I must confess Carnoy's book was one of the few to offer the feeling of DISCOMFORT - and I liked it! He brilliantly writes in manner as such to allow the reader's mind to "read between the lines" and form their own account of certain events. By vaguely describing events of disability, teenage suicide and even child molestation, he covers topics that we constantly shun ourselves from in this society. This style of writing not only allowed myself to better relate to the characters, but provided in depth background on why some may act in certain manners due to their current/past trials and tribulations.

Although this may not be my favorite read, I credit the author for his open characters, 21st century dialogue and providing content that can realistically occur. At $3.99, it is a crime not to read it.

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