Review: The Mystery is How This Got Published
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
This book is not just bad, it is awful.  This is an obvious case where all the high reviews came from the author's friends.  The author has very nice and generous friends.I'm guessing the story was supposed to be told as an ensemble cast of Torrance police department members, but it mainly revolves around Detective Chloe Kim. Chloe is dumb, arrogant, frivolous, self-centered, immature, and pompous.  Chloe pouts when men don't pay attention to her. She alternates between being a meek mouse and a screaming banshee. There is no way a person with her lack of personality, maturity, brains, and skills could become a police detective.The book desperately needs a good editor. The story is confusing and lacks cohesion, more random thoughts than logical plot layout.  Many of the plot points go nowhere.  Characters, such as Detective Anthony Hall, are introduced for no reason - they don't impact the plot and serve no purpose. The characters are flat, uninteresting, and like Chloe, unlikeable.  There is an over-reliance on coincidence as every character just happens to be intertwined with every other character.  Most dialogue consists of characters screaming and cursing at each other.Overall, this book is terrible.  I wish Amazon allowed a rating of no stars.  It was a waste of time and money.  Life is too short to waste on bad books like this.