Review: Not the Hoped for Mystery
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2013
I wanted to like it more.... Especially knowing this is the first in a series - a favorite to me - I was anxious to start reading.  I usually read for hours, sometimes even finishing a book at a sitting, but I kept putting this one down and picking it up again, only to put it down.  The mystery, for some reason, seemed disjointed and therefore, not compelling.  The main character, Brian McDone, is a mixture of likes and dislikes; I'm not sure the author likes him.  He is said to be a great detective by his boss, Prince, (who doesn't seem to like him either) yet, he runs off in all directions, arresting this person, then that.  He is physically unappealing as well - fat, often unshaven, in need of a shampoo and shower, and still his partner, Cassy, seems to think he's pretty special.  That doesn't ring true even though she is aware that McDone has big personal problems.  The ending was really, really disappointing.  After all those pages, I was not best pleased!  I don't want to visit Brian McDone anymore, so that's it for me for this series.