I was lucky enough to be sent this book published by Orian by my kind freinds at Newbooks magazine (http://www.newbooksmag.com/).
This is my first Michael Connelly read, and I was
enthralled at the plot and twists that reminded me somewhat of a 1980’s US cop
show. It flows well and the story is written in joined up writing, without bad
language and it seems that the main protagonist Harry Bosch, is the most
organised detective, as demonstrated when we are told about his habit of
starting a new notebook for each case.
However, because of the references to a previous case in several parts of
the story I did wonder if I was missing out by not having read the previous
books in the series. Without giving away
any spoilers, I question if the references to the previous cases were totally
necessary as they did not seem to have any relevance to the case in hand and
the did make me question if it was worth continuing reading the book.
The last third of the book does have many twists and we
are taken down dead end leads, but I did correctly work out who the guilty
party was well before the last chapter’s got going, this I found disappointing
that I was not kept on tender hooks for a little longer. Connelly however is a bestselling author and
this is well deserved. I would definitely read another, especially if I was
going on a long train journey and wanted a book to keep me entertained for the
whole journey.
Personal read 4*
Bookgroup read 3*
The Commuting Bookworm 09/06/13
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