Review: Not what I was expecting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
Having read the first two John Milton books, I was really interested to see how the author would develop the character given the ending of the second book. I'm pleased to say that he is indeed back and fighting fit!! Mark Dawson in this book, slowly builds a picture of a cartel controlled area not far from the Mexican border where plenty many girls are going missing and are found dead. The pace initially of this book took me by surprise as it was much slower than I was expecting - maybe that's because I had just finished The Cleaner, but the descriptions of places are really clear and the characters have clearly been given plenty of thought.In a nutshell, a journalist, Catrina takes it upon herself to document the many killings through a blog which is gathering pace and readers - much to the annoyance of El Patron and his son and from here the story rolls on, in a well structured, believable plot. After Catrina makes contact with a girl that escaped the cartel and meets her in a restaurant, all hell breaks loose.Enter John Milton, expertly introduced, but not making an appearance until some way into the book, which I found both a little bit annoying, but also in awe of the way in which the author has managed to integrate Milton into the plot. While there is high body count in this book, it's not overly violent or gory yet a little different from the first two books (which is a good thing!!).Readers of the first two books might get a little dis-interested initially by this book as the star character does take a little time to become enveloped in the plot, but stick with it people - you'll be glad you did.Overall I would certainly recommend this book to read.