Review: Classy mystery.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2014
A diamond of a book, multi faceted and sparkling with wit. The author excels in expressive dialogue and in painting images with words.In this introduction to the Fina Fitzgibbons' series, there is a race to find a missing child, a subject certain to raise tension in readers' minds. Told mainly from the pov of Fina, a rookie Private Investigator blessed with great insight, so readers also glimpse the emotions and some of the background of even cameo appearance characters. This is done so skilfully that the action never slows for a moment.Occasionally, the story switches from first person pov to the kidnapper's third person point of view. A picture emerges of a young man who has extreme difficulties relating to the world. In fact, his own mind is that of a child's, but his strength is almost super human, a dangerous combination. There are strong hints that this man has killed people whom he loved, simply because they upset him, or 'let him down'. His muddled thinking leads him to kill again and again, in order to 'protect' the child he has kidnapped, and tension skyrockets – you have to keep reading: I found it impossible to put this book down. Even when my e-reader stated '100% finished', I tried to turn the page, hoping for news of the author's next title.A classy mystery, well written, with characters you come to care about, a fantastic sense of setting, and fresh turns of phrases that resonated. If I had to sum this book up in three words they would be 'entertaining, lively, thriller.'