Review: A competent description of a crime, but a tedious read later on
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
This was a very competent description of a crime in New Orleans where one cop was involved in killing 3 people, one who was also a cop. I think the writing was as good as it could possibly be, given the story.The most interesting thing about the book to me was the writing. It amazed me how long the author could keep the story interesting for the reader, even though the killing event was described in the early pages of the book. The author made the endless police work and back stories quite interesting for a very long time, even though you didn’t learn anything more about the precise details of the killing (and then only a few) until the long-awaited end of the book.Even though the author did an amazing job of stretching things out and keeping them interesting, I found myself skipping quickly over many, many pages once I was 2/3 of the way through the book. I think the book would have been a stronger, more interesting read if the book length was condensed by a third or more.I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone except true-crime fans.