Review: The author did a good job creating both his novel and main character…
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
“Quinn Checks In” by L.H. Thomson is his first novel in Liam Quinn Mysteries that introduces readers to ex-convict, ex-boxer and ex-art student who received another life chance working as an insurance investigator.Liam Quinn is a believable character, young man of Irish origins raised in ordinary family, who made a mistake, paid for it, and now wants to get back to the right life path. While doing his job, he has to find a thin line between criminals and police because no one of them really sympathize him too much.Latest case he’s working on will take him back to the world of art for which he ended up in prison, requiring him to recover the stolen piece, and at same time save the money for the company he works for and earn for himself.But, as might be expected, the journey will not be easy, because on Liam’s because on his way he will encounter many obstacles including the biggest city mobster, problematic teenager and a beautiful woman…The author did a good job creating both his novel and main character who is not ordinary private investigator but a man who made costly youth mistake and forced to correct that mistake in the hard way. Also due to a combination of his artistic virtues and martial skills he is a person who knows his way around in the company of criminals and artists.Both his father and brother were cops, and the other brother a priest, but Liam inevitably must have connections in the underground if he wants to be successful in his job.And although his first novel, the author is not subject to dividing his characters into good and bad, and doesn’t use clichés, and even when reader think that she/he just read one a surprise is waiting around the corner.These all are reasons why this novel can be recommended to people who love thrillers and mysteries with a drop of romance for all of us to wonder how it will develop in following installments of this series…