Review: An excellent read and an exciting new character.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2012
LH Thomson has hit the jackpot with his main character, Liam Quinn. A major aspect of this book which I greatly enjoyed was the feeling of energy which pulsated through the writing.Liam Quinn is a likeable young man who has made a mistake and is intent on rehabilitating himself through his job as an investigator for an insurance company. In so doing, Liam has to run a fine line between the crooks in the town and doing his job, whether it upsets them or not.What I particularly liked about this character is not only his humanity, but that he suffers shame. In this year 2012, this is very much a lost emotion in western society. In all the books I have read recently, I have not come across a transgressor who is ashamed and sorry that his past humiliates his family, particularly his cop brother, but who is still courgeaous enough to front up to his father and his father's friends and acknowledge that he is not perfect but trying to redeem himself.I was also impressed by the lack of over-smarts and abrasiveness shown by Liam Quinn and admired how the author has set up the novel so that the reader is left eager for more.Well-written and fast-paced, this novel is a triumph for LH Thomson and I highly recommend it.