Wulf C. Krueger
The new year starts as the last one ended: With me choosing daft books to read. At least this one was relatively short. DI Hillary Greene lost her husband due to circumstances I forgot about roughly 15 seconds after they were presented. Said husband was also a cop and as corrupt as they come. Sadly, Faith Martin, obviously struggling to come up with a good plot, decent characters, writing in general, and failing at all of that went to having him, a city cop, deal with exotic animals (I think, don't hold me to that; it could have been anything similarly ridiculous for his position).
Every character is clichéd, little of the story is believable, and the few original ideas don’t come to fruition because the author simply can’t deliver.
One star ouf of five.
P.S.(A.): Because I just noticed it: "Faith Martin" is just the fourth pen name for Jacquie Walton (a much more fitting surname) because she probably "burned" the first three in publishing circles. Just so you know whom to avoid. (There really should be a public "literay offender register"! ;) )
The new year starts as the last one ended: With me choosing daft books to read. At least this one was relatively short. DI Hillary Greene lost her husband due to circumstances I forgot about roughly 15 seconds after they were presented. Said husband was also a cop and as corrupt as they come. Sadly, Faith Martin, obviously struggling to come up with a good plot, decent characters, writing in general, and failing at all of that went to having him, a city cop, deal with exotic animals (I think, don't hold me to that; it could have been anything similarly ridiculous for his position).
Every character is clichéd, little of the story is believable, and the few original ideas don’t come to fruition because the author simply can’t deliver.
One star ouf of five.
P.S.(A.): Because I just noticed it: "Faith Martin" is just the fourth pen name for Jacquie Walton (a much more fitting surname) because she probably "burned" the first three in publishing circles. Just so you know whom to avoid. (There really should be a public "literay offender register"! ;) )