Review: Brothers and what ?...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2013
The title mystifies me somewhat in that I didn't find any significance to bones in the story but that is the least of my issues with this novel. Interesting in it's concept, Hankins story plods to a finish after restating it's major premise for the umpteenth time. I get it...Charlie really loved his brother and would do anything to find him. In a fantastic overstatement of family values, the author continually beats the reader with brotherly love and passion. Charlie is a federal attorney, who after hearing his name spoken by a homeless vagrant, blows off a big trial and runs to the bowels of the city to find this derelict. Together, Charlie and Bonz confront the mob and enemies closer to home, until they discover that the Chief Prosecuter and head mob guy are tighter than ticks.Brothers and Bones suffers from the lack of an editors deft touch. More than a few chapters could have been dispensed in an effort to streamline the story and lessen the brotherly love fest. While plodding in it's story development, Hankins book does provide a well-drawn character in Bonz whose homeless disquise masks his true nature and abilities. If you choose to read Brothers and Bones, ask yourself one question...would Jake have done the same for Charlie ?