Review: Several killings in the city and the bush might be more accurate
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
This book, the first written by Holt that I read second (naturally) was, once again, well executed with an unlikely bunch of plotters including a state governor, an aspiring presidential candidate and the usual very rich wealthy businessman into whose be each of them climbs. The core of the book revolves around this trio and our intrepid but under resourced detective from the Marinski Affair who is still with his training wheels firmly fixed in place as he slowly ambles after the villains picking at the carefully embroidered picture almost line by line. Eventually, after several seemingly extraordinary escapes from the villains wicked agents, he solves the death of the governor, with the active assistance of the aspiring president, still simply a senator, has a confrontation with the arch villain and slowly we reach the end of the book together, eventually. Like the Marinski Affair, this book needs the subtle hand of a sub editor to reduce the labours of the reader.