Review: Overcoming personal demons
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
Harper Fox does the best tortured characters. Vince Carr is a devoted cop who loves his job and his partner. He relies more on his body than his brain and is caught flatfooted when he is injured. His career as he imagined it is over and his partner disappears on him. All he has left is his pride and his stubbornness.When he is told to see if he can get a spare witness to talk it is kind of an afterthought more than real investigation. The witness Rowan has several reasons to be terrified and is beyond reluctant to talk about what he has seen. He clams up or takes off when Vince approaches him. Since his testimony is not that important, at first, Vince lets it slide. Vince is intrigued by Rowan's art and by mysterious Rowan. Based on where they live and work they cross paths with each other.Oddly it is the witness with a past who ends up rescuing the cop more than once. Watching these wounded characters build trust and an a relationship is sweet. They overcome their demons together. It is always inspiring to see faulty characters whose strengths overcome their weaknesses.The story has good action and plot as well as romance. As always with Harper Fox, the setting is a character in itself. You get a feel for the city of Newcastle, the culture of the police dept and the drug trade. Another reason to continue to auto buy fiction by Harper Fox.