Review: So refreshingly human.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2013
I've become addicted to Havill and now seek out all of his Posadas County mysteries. The thing I find that really sets Havill apart from other mystery writers is his ability to breathe so much humanity into all of his characters. These folks, well, are just folks. They get things wrong occasionally and sometimes screw up like the rest of us but are always interesting and sometimes brilliant. That's not to say that Havill doesn't design great mysteries, for he does have that gift. They all seem to start out slow, with some sort of mundane crime. The pace and excitement increases throughout until you're flipping pages (or stroking your Kindle screen) as fast as you can as you approach the climax.