Review: An enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2011
It's the 24th century and crime is rampant across the solar system.  Humans have inhabited many of the planets and moons, however, the lack of interplanetary cooperation makes catching the high-profile criminals almost impossible.  Because of this, the Interplanetary Bureau of Investigation (IBI) is born.The IBI is headed up by Eric Kaufman.  With a short time table, on order from the president, Detective Kaufman chooses his men and sets out after the most notorious gangs in the universe.  What happens next is an adventure throughout the solar system.While I enjoyed the premise of this book, there were a few drawbacks.  There are a few grammar issues, and I would have liked to see a bit more character development.  I found myself liking the characters, but not getting too upset when someone died.  The biggest area for improvement, in my opinion, was the dialogue.  In most places the dialogue was stiff sounding, making it seem as if the characters were either being very formal with each other, or else that they were reading a script.  Dialogue is one of the hardest things to write well, and I'm hoping that in future books the author will improve.That being said, the book did keep my interest.  It flowed very well from scene to scene and kept me turning the page to find out what happened next.  All in all, I did enjoy the book and am excited to read more.Note:  I received a copy of this book in order to review it.