Review: Different - hints of modern day Sherlock Holmes
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2013
On the whole, an engaging story, well written, interesting if sometimes illogical characters.  Remy is the Holmes-like, intense yet ironic lead. Watts (as opposed to Watson) is the emotionally challenged, out of work, in need of a place to live, and by chance runs in to a friend who knows the perfect but odd Remy who just happens to have a great place to share. Remy makes her living by solving other people's problems including the crime cases of, of course, a somewhat incompetent Metro police detective and his idiot partner. (Why is it necessary for the police to always be such fools when the lead needs to be seen as brilliant?)When Remy is called to help in the murder investigation of seemingly unconnected killings, at unconnected in the eyes of the Metro police, she enlists the help of Watts,who of course is also clueless.  Remy reins.What is most interesting, and turns this story from a mostly cheap, noir mystery imitation, is Part two. Initially, the abrupt change is confusing. But as the story develops, and for me, more engaging and believable characters than in Part one, we discover the reasons why these two men were killed and meet the killer.  Ultimately, this is a study of retribution, revenge and how difficult choices, no matter best intentions, leads the best of men to the worst of choices.