Review: Can't wait for the next installment
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2013
I came to Dave Lacey's book under the impression that it was a vanilla detective story. However, the book also blends in Dan Brown-style mystery, and this begets an intriguing confection.The mystery is introduced at the beginning of the book, wherein the discovery of a beautiful codex on an abandoned airstrip east of Nuevo Tortuguero, Mexico sparks a series of murders. The middle of the book follows detective Jack Sumner and his sidekick Smithy as they attempt to fit together the puzzle pieces of these bizarre and inexplicable killings, which are somehow linked to the US government.I was particularly impressed by the concluding chapters, in which Lacey skillfully ties together the disparate plot elements, and ultimately leaves the reader on tenterhooks.