Review: Absolutely gripping
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 20, 2013
Even now I can’t really get over Brian O’Hare’s incredibly addictive page turner, ‘The Doom Murders’. If you love the better titles of Dan Brown works or other similar gripping murder mysteries, then you’ll love O’Hare’s book because—heck, it’s even better crafted and skilfully written that it chokes you with mounting excitement and never actually lets go.At the heart of ‘The Doom Murders’, as you can very well glean from the title itself, are a series of grotesque murders that seem to have been performed as some sort of “message,” thereby making the city of Belfast uneasy and on the brink of a mass nervous breakdown. Who is committing the murders, and what do those numbers and letters mean? It’s all up to Jim Sheehan to solve it—that is, if only he could manage the constant distraction brought on by one beautiful woman.I have been recently watching ‘Ripper Street’ on the BBC, and my excitement over the TV series is carried over to O’Hare’s book, and with good reason: O’Hare’s uncanny knack for mood and setting and atmosphere makes this book a deeply entertaining experience. Moreover, the author’s got an immense talent for “weaving” the plot intricately, pushing you down the meat grinder of suspense, but still emerging from it all with a flourish and grace that only the best honed literary talents could pull off.I love ‘The Doom Murders’ to shreds—if there is anything that you must read this coming weekend, make it this book. A few pages into it and you’ll be helplessly hooked—no, the first page alone can reel you in effortlessly. Order a copy of this book—it’s also the perfect gift to friends and loved ones who love a good, suspenseful, gripping read. Five stars for this one.