Review: Alison Bruce delivers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2012
Deadly Legacy is the story of relationships, intrigue and unexpected deaths. Kate is in the middle of an investigation when she is informed her father, a former police officer and now a private investigator is dead. His death is an accident, but events that take place immediately before and after may not be so accidental. Coincidence or not? It's up to Kate, her fellow officers and her father's partner Jack Carmedy to figure out.The setting is a city in Ontario Canada in 2018. Technology is integral to the investigation, but good old detective work and deductive reasoning win the day. The future theme is not overplayed and is not unrealistic from today's (2012) standpoint. There were times when I paused in my reading to think back 6 years to see how far technology has or has not come. Bruce has made some good technological decisions in this novel.The ending of the novel had elements of an Agatha Christie story. Not that that is bad - it was strangely comforting. That style of writing works, and it worked here.This is a strong piece of work. The story line was cohesive, believable and compelling. I loved the 'getting inside the mind' aspects of Jack's and Kate's uneasy relationship/partnership. I'm pretty sure all of us have been in that kind of situation and wondered what we can do to rectify it.I look forward to seeing more work by Alison Bruce.