Review: It's Harris.  No it's Patterson.  No it's King... No it's Brown... No it's Crichton... No Parker.. But it's not really McCray...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 29, 2013
I really want to like Carolyn McCray.  Her dialogue is quite good and even the more paranormal crime thrillers are pretty well designed -- even if you already know who the bad guy is by page 3, you still have to wait for a bunch of twists and turns that can be quite fun.  But here's the rub:  Just once, I'd like to read a Carolyn McCray book that was developed exclusively by Carolyn McCray.  The more you get into her plots and her characters you start seeing Hannibal Lecter, or Alex Cross, or Robert Langdon, Jesse Stone, or some other author's characters that are conveniently borrowed and then modified just enough to avoid copyright infringement... Again, I think Carolyn McCray is a clever writer -- I just wish she'd be clever enough to come up with her own material...