Killian
Enjoyed my time with this, it became a real page-turner for me once the plot revealed itself to be far more than the initial murder. I thought it kept a good brisk pace right up until near the end but kind of stumbled over the finish line. I was really hoping the book would lean more into the Op's desensitisation to murder and the joy he got out of pitting the people of Poisonville against each other, but just as you think there might be some introspection, the action picks up one last time, the loose ends are tied up (or killed) and it's case closed, plain as day. I guess that's the downside of it being a hard-boiled detective story that's played straight, but I just wish I could have seen more nuance to that side of the protagonist.
Enjoyed my time with this, it became a real page-turner for me once the plot revealed itself to be far more than the initial murder. I thought it kept a good brisk pace right up until near the end but kind of stumbled over the finish line. I was really hoping the book would lean more into the Op's desensitisation to murder and the joy he got out of pitting the people of Poisonville against each other, but just as you think there might be some introspection, the action picks up one last time, the loose ends are tied up (or killed) and it's case closed, plain as day. I guess that's the downside of it being a hard-boiled detective story that's played straight, but I just wish I could have seen more nuance to that side of the protagonist.