Review: ABSORBING MYSTERY CRIME THRILLER!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
The Journal by Derick Parsons is the second book in the Detective Inspector Jack O’Neill series, following the highly acclaimed Redemption Song. With this new book, the series gets bigger and better and author Derick Parsons establishes himself as one of the best thriller writers today. It is a crime thriller full of mystery and suspense.In The Journal, Inspector Jack O’Neill and his partner Inspector Frank Carr are investigating a suspicious death in a remote village in Cork, when another difficult case is thrust upon them. The shocking double murder of Jimmy Maguire and his soon-to-be wife, Sally Carter, was discovered when Martine Lowell, a single mother of three boys aged 8, 10 and 11, went to pick up her friend Sally Carter, before walking on up to the supermarket where they both worked. It’s a murder full of mystery as both the victims were found seated on a chair with their hands tied.As Jack and Frank struggled to bring the case to its logical conclusion, they are up against a mountain of puzzles as the baffling case gets murkier by the day. Derick Parsons constructed a thrilling crime mystery full of suspense, excitement and fun. It is a well-written story which will truly captivate you from cover to cover. If you loved the earlier Jack O'Neill thriller Redemption Song, this one is not to be missed!