Review: Everything that a good series mystery isn't.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2014
This book is quite simply an amateurish mess. First, there's not much of a chance that the reader can deduce who the killer is, since there aren't any real clues given. Strike one. Second, far far too much space is given to completely pointless and needless description. It's all tell and no show. Strike two. Thirdly, there's no logic to anything: Normally, an investigating officer doesn't allow himself to fall madly in love during a murder investigation. Batter out. Side retired.All the bad writing cliches are here: The telling of what's going on rather than showing it with character action. Cardboard characters with no personality. No rationales for motivations. Head-hopping in the middle of a story sequence. And the worst crime of all in a detective novel: It's boring. As a reader, you want the killer to finish off ALL the people you encounter in the story, and then commit suicide for being so dreadfully dull.I love series detective and mystery fiction. I'll read most anything, but I can pretty much guarantee I'll never read another one of this author's books.