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", dispatchEvent(new Event('reinitialize')); return; window.dataLayer[0].user.meteredPaywall = meteredPaywall; if (eventType === 'summary_displayed') { } window.loadGTM(); node.setAttribute('hidden', ''); const fireAddToCartEvent = function () { Get help and learn more about the design. twttr.widgets.createTweet(tweetId, socialEmbed); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': That ending is quite tense and I was interested to discover how Jim and Eves stories would be resolved. if (! 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The first story is a true-crime account of a series of unsolved attacks and murders written by Eve Black entitled The Nothing Man, A Survivor's Search for the Truth. return product; //if the item doesn't exist, return null let homeDeliveryButtonCheck = false; userWall = 'googlewall'; } const selectedRegional = localStorage.getItem('selectedRegionals'); const cookieExpiryInSeconds = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30; const subscriptionwallPricesSelectedExpiry = expiryTime * 3600000; }; if (cookieValue) { } fireProductClickEvent(null); const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'purchase'); return pathParts[pathParts.length - 1]; } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium-plus') > -1) { Biography The opening is so deceptively simple it takes a while to understand just how wily this book of two distinct stories (but one killer) really is. }); onLogout: function () { } .reduce(function (allPrices, item) { 'shopfront_monthly_header_subscribe' : 'shopfront_monthly_subscribe'; }; updateTemplateForHomeDelivery(plan); }; productImpressionRecorded[flipPayConfig.filter_prices_by_badge] = true; document.getElementById("crosswords").src = document.getElementById("crosswords").dataset.src; A homeless amnesiac strives to unlock the secret to his best friends murder but at the cost of unlocking his own checkered past. The Nothing Man is her fourth novel and has the cool confidence of her previous books. By creating fictional fact and fictional fiction, she plays with the reader\u0026#039;s expectations from the start to each of the ends.Ryan Howard\u0026#039;s acclaimed debut Distress Signals in 2016 marked her out as a writer destined for awards and bestseller lists alike. Thanks for the review, Aidan which is timely, as Ive been considering whether or not to pick up something by Catherine Ryan Howard next. window.showNonSubscriberElements = true; document.getElementById(tabPrefix + '-tabs').querySelectorAll('a[toggle]').forEach(function (tab) { }; node.removeAttribute('hidden'); products: [purchasedProduct] selectedPriceRadioInput.style.display = 'none'; return null; filter_prices_by_badge: badgeToFilterBy, }; const setDataLayerMeterStats = function (accessObject) { eventAction: 'change_cc', . if (urlHash === 'monthly' || urlHash === 'annual') { const isCoupons = false; const domain = '.independent.ie'; } }); }) } } } No one was ever caught and the Gardai never had . bundle: bundleValue, const setDataLayerNonMeteredFlow = function (accessObject) { if (vars.article) { wallVisible: 'true' return item.value; }; label = 39411375 the origins of amen overcome the world. updateTemplateForHomeDelivery(node); const selectedTabId = selectTab[flipPayConfig.filter_prices_by_badge]; But one day, as the Yakuza call Denji, he is betrayed by them. I think those reasons are implied well enough for the reader to be able to connect the dots but it would have been nice to have been given a fuller account of that part of Jims story, particularly given one of the later revelations in the book. }, price.placeholder_prices.map(priceToEcommerceProduct) const getQueryStringValue = function (key) { } else if ((node.classList && node.classList.contains('n-tabbed1')) || (node['querySelector'] && node.querySelector('.n-tabbed1'))) { evt.which : evt.keyCode; Of course, coming late in the novel keeps me from discussing them in any kind of detail but I appreciated the introduction of another perspective and a question that Jim has concerning Eves account of that night. eventLabel: label In the chilly new detective thriller The Pale Blue Eye, nothing is as it seems. badgeToUse = badge; } It is a power which destroys Fantastica one by one by absorbing it. const item = setPriceSelected(priceID); } } Now an adult, she is obsessed with identifying the man who destroyed her life. It is primarily then with that interest in stories that follow the killer that I picked up a copy of Catherine Ryan Howards latest book The Nothing Man after reading a review of it a week or two ago on Puzzle Doctors excellent blog In Search of the Classic Mystery. } const tweetUrl = socialEmbed.dataset.social_url; return priceExpireExist; } else { userHasLoggedIn = false; } } window.dataLayer.push({ The media dubbed him the Nothing Man, and the Nothing Man he stayed.Twenty years later, he remains unidentified and has presumably, gone to ground. position: index, eventAction: 'auth', subscriptionFinishDate: cookieData.subscriptionFinishDate, eventData: { Your email address will not be published. bundle_info = upgrade_bundles.filter(function (bundle) { if (!! el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href = el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href + '&returnURL=' + returnURL; window.dataLayer[0].article.wallVisible = 'false'; 'false' : 'true'; } badgeToFilterBy = 'upgrade'; subscriptionFinishDate: '1111-11-11T11:11:11Z', document.getElementById('discover_more_popup').href = onboarding_article; } const bundleContainer = document.querySelector('.n-plans1'); That means I made everything up, including the facts.". }); if (welcomePopUp) { window.GTMLoaded = false; if (! I am not sure if it reflects that they are often more graphically violent or that the motivations to kill are often weaker and rather repetitive but I rarely seek these sorts of stories out. } } After he's ordered to kill a fellow Sierra agent, Six learns that the people he works for are more corrupt than the targets he's sent to eliminate. return 'premium'; } const priceId = price_link.dataset.price_id; const disableRedirect = false; (returnURL || member_redirect)) { const observer = new MutationObserver(onMutation); price: price.amount, } The ending of Netflix's The Pale Blue Eye, explained The Pale Blue Eye begins when alcoholic New York ex-detective Augustus Landor is enlisted by the West Point Military Academy to investigate the . const subscriberCookieStatus = getCookie(subscriberCookieName) || '{}'; Instead I found myself much more interested in Eve, the survivor and her journey to take some control of her life. 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Her debut novel, DISTRESS SIGNALS, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey/New Blood Dagger. socialEmbed.innerHTML = ''; if (node.id === 'template-prices-login-button') { The Northman ending explained. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { if (subscriberCookieStatus === "undefined") { }) subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.original_start_at, The accounts of each of the attacks are presented in sequence so we do get a sense of seeing the Nowhere Man develop as he becomes a murderer. }; eventLabel = 'sunday'; const now = new Date(); } document.cookie = subscriberCookieName + "= ; expires = Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT"; setBundleToFullWidth(node); } const urlQueryString = window.location.search; }); if (purchase.badge['print_monthly'] && purchase.badge['print_monthly'] == true) { if (typeof prices[key]['active_to'] != "undefined") { if (!params[key]) { const meterStatsCookieData = JSON.stringify({ if (vars.article.wallType === 'registration') { if (bundles.length === 1 && bundles[0].coupon_applied === true) { var fpblock = document.getElementById("flip-pay"); By creating fictional fact and fictional fiction, she plays with the reader's expectations from the start to each of the ends. Nothing Man: Directed by Stephen Gallacher. const getBundleValue = function (purchase, purchaseType) { el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href = el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href + '#annual'; const selectTab = { } subscriptionStatus: purchase.granted_by_purchase.sku_code, let badgeToFilterBy = 'article'; if (activeTabId === 'shop-front-annual-prices-tab-trigger') { const isNumber = function (evt) { if (socialNetwork === 'twitter' || socialNetwork === 'twitterVideo') { const listenForTabClick = function (tabPrefix) { return; bundle: bundleValue, Now grown-up and a creative writing student, Eve writes an article about the murders which despite being incredibly exposing (\u0026amp;quot;it felt like flinging myself off a cliff\u0026amp;quot;) is cathartic. document.querySelectorAll('[data-social-embed][data-social-network="facebook"],[data-social-embed][data-social-network="facebookVideo"],[data-social-embed][data-social-network="twitter"],[data-social-embed][data-social-network="twitterVideo"]').forEach(function (socialEmbed) { element.style.display = 'block'; } vars.article.wallVisible = 'false'; bundle: bundleValue, } else { Years later she decides to write a book about her experiences and those of the other victims in the hope that it might reignite interest in the case and lead to the killers capture. ecommerce: { if (document.getElementById("map") !== null) { if (badges.indexOf('home-delivery') > -1) { selectedPrice = getBundleById(priceId); if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! Catherine Ryan Howard concludes her new genre-bending psychological thriller with the words: "Finally, a disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. show_pincode: false, } if (! }); Seeing Doyle squirm and panic and set off on a new course of action is central to the thrill of the book: because Eve states clearly that she is going to find the killer, Doyle knows he has to find her first. window.scrollTo(0, flipPayEl.offsetTop + (flipPayEl.clientHeight/2)); subscribeButton.classList.remove('-ghost'); var timeLeftOnExpire = (Date.parse(prices[key]['active_to']) - nowTimeStamp); if (isShopFront) { } if (userHasValidSubscriberCookie()) { window.location.hash = '#' + badgeToFilterBy; }; subscriptionStartDate: '', plans.forEach(showPremiumBadge); }), } }); Some surprising twists and turns. bodyAvailable) { While the idea itself is quite fascinating, the execution is less than stellar. 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