Review: Really enjoyed this one - a whodunit turned thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2012
Brooklyn homicide detective Shaun Riker suddenly finds himself in Sydney, looking for his local business leader brother who has disappeared. In his hunt for Michael and Katie, Michael's teenage daughter who was kidnapped on her way to school, we learn much of what makes Shaun tick and a bit of what makes Sydney tick.The cast of characters is diverse and drawn with a fine brush.My only beef is with the ending. I wasn't surprised by what happened or how it happened, but the scope of the crime scene was a bit much (can't say more without giving away the plot) - more limited might have been better.I hesitated between four and five stars and finally chose five to compensate for two reviews I felt did not do the book justice. It is well-written. Switches of tenses are deliberate and the technique is appropriately used for emphasis.