Review: An interesting action read with a twist.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
The Mind Man involves action, murder, detecting by detectives, paranormal powers and a surprise ending. The ending is at the end too so it is not given away unless the reader is paying attention about several chapters from the end of the book.The villain is a bad guy bent on wealth and power using his ability to influence others thoughts. With the true aspects of one who was bullied as a child now getting even with the world as an adult, he murders to get his objectives met. The hometown detective, becomes interested almost accidentally while investigating another case. He really wants just to retire and run a vineyard and winery. But his detective nose and instincts just won't let this go.Characters are interesting with believable traits and interact with each other in interesting ways. The villain exudes charm, good looks and evil in varying degrees. The hero once on his quest is resourceful and relentless to solve the puzzle even if it costs him his family. Will our hero get his goal of solving the crime, his winery and get his family back. Will the villain get punished for his crimes. (This is part of the surprise ending. He is punished in a much different way than we normally expect the bad guy to get it.)All in all an interesting read of a different sort.