I can read books in 3 languages, when I feel like bragging I say that I can do that in 4. But in all honesty I have lost the ability of reading in that fourth language a long time ago
I like to read my books in the original language they are written it. Nine out of 10 books I read are in English. When hobbling around in the library in the English section I just pick a book that is in my genre, I can never tell by the name if is written by an American, Irish, Australion or an English person. But when I get angrier and angrier while reading I always think “Let me guess this MUST be written by an American
!” an then I look up the bio in the book or I check the internet to see if I’m right. Most of the time I am 
Yesterday, I picked up “The Trophy Taker” by Lee Weeks on the cover on the book it says “The Female James Patterson” while reading this I thought what an insult
I read the first chapter and that made me drool
Then I read the second chapter and thought at page 8 “Let me guess this MUST written by an American
!”. While reading the second chapter I could see the camera taking those fast paced shots which I see in certian movies and certain “critically aclaimed” HBO series (I don’t know the right technical term, but it looks like the cameraman is in a rollercoaster and lost control of his camera
). Plus it had the right stuff for a “critcally aclaimed serie” like some seasoned cops and a rookie who is on his first case and immediately gets nick named “Shrimp”
etc. etc.. I frantically started to look for the bio and there my friends I got a shock, I was WRONG
Lee Weeks is a Brittish writer, while reading her bio I noticed that she lead a similar life as Mo Hayder a bit too similar
Leaving the UK at the age of 16, travelling around in Asia living in Hong Kong. Having all kind of odd jobs, the only job Lee Weeks didn’t had and which Mo Hayder did had was being a hostess. Which in all countries (except the one I’m currently living in) means that you are a whore 
Since I don’t have internet at home
I had to wait till the next day to Google like mad to find rumours wether Mo Hayders penn name is Lee Weeks or not. I continued to read the book and somewhere around page 120 I noticed that I was inside the book. I didn’t see camera angles, I didn’t see too which current hotshot actor this character this written to
No people I was reading a book
!
I think being the new Mo Hayder would have been a better compliment then being “The female James Patterson” but then again that would be an odd compliment to give if this is Mo Hayder’s alter ego, isn’t it? If it is her I wonder why she is doing this
I know it has been awfully quiet after Mo Hayder wrote Pig Island but “The Tropy Taker” has Mo Hayder signature all over it
It’s a bit said that I don’t even have enough internet time to check if the Lee Weeks books fit in the time period between Pig Island and Skin


















