David Conway

Advantages: No longer bound by Marvels' policies
Disadvantages: There really aren't any

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Advantages: Thrills from cover to cover
Disadvantages: You will get hooked on Laymon

...I first discovered Richard Laymon whilst visiting with my Nanna when I was about 14 years old.After becoming bored with the customary chit chat I began to browse over Nanna's bookcase when my eye was caught by green paperback with an illustration of a palm tree with a blood stained straight razor embedded in it's truck...naturally my curiosity was piqued. The story at first appears to be your typical story about a group of people stranded on a isolated island written in the first person viewpoint of Rupert Conway a university student holidaying with his girlfriend Connie and her family.But appearances can be deceptive which very quickly becomes apparent when people begin to die starting with the men. It becomes clear quite early on who is behind everything but the story doesn't let up with the surprises right up to the last sentence... Read review

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Advantages: Very funny with great characters
Disadvantages: None really

...Lots of people keep a diary in their early years only to discover it years later and cringe with embarrassment when they read their juvenile ramblings; well for Jimmy Conway things were a little different. So confident was he as a youngster that he would grow up to be incredibly famous and wealthy that he wrote himself a series of letters imparting words of wisdom on how he should handle his fame. So confident was he in fact that one of the letters focused solely on how he should handle himself when the big red book is thrust in front of his face and the well known words "Jimmy Conway this is your life" are spoken. The problem is that sat in the pub with his weird collection of friends on the evening of his 35th birthday Jimmy Conway is far from famous, in fact he is single, a part time teacher of English as a foreign language... Read review

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