When Darkness Prevails
Review by Kim Cantrell
Last month I reviewed The Fury from up and coming mystery fiction writer Jason Pinter. You may recall that I declared Pinter’s books to be one of my new found addictions.
So it was without a second thought that I readily accepted a copy of The Darkness, which is the finale to The Fury and part of the (currently) seven book Henry Parker series.
In The Fury, journalist Henry Parker learns he has a brother….when he is asked to identify a body at the morgue.
While investigating the death of the brother he never knew he had, Parker is taken into the drug underworld.
And while Parker may get most of the story, the end is far from over. Â
Fast forward to The Darkness. Parker again travels into the trenches of New York City’s drug trade. But the drug cartels are far from what one would expect and their plans to return the city to the stone ages is one for the history books.
Although the book is fiction, Pinter uses several historically true stories as references to his story line; tales that will make the average reader shudder at the thought.
Maybe the story is somewhat simplistic (as stated by a few Amazon reviewers); however, fiction, in my opinion, is eye candy for the brain. I’m not looking for some difficult, twisting plot that I have to take notes just to keep up.
And if you agree, you’ll enjoy The Darkness. This fast paced, 373-page mystery thriller is an easy read, that’s fully engaging, (hilariously) quick-witted, with never a dull moment.
