Not Bad For a Relatively New Author
Review by Kim Cantrell
It begins in Atlanta. Fourteen dead, fifteen if you count the dog. Twelve of them being police officers.
Then comes the fire at the aquarium in Amarillo. Six firemen dead.
FBI Special Agent Tom Piper knows there is a mass murderer on the loose, and he, or she, has a beef with authority.
There’s one only person Tom knows is capable of seeing the pattern that could solve these cases before the killer dubbed “Galileo” strikes again: Esme Stuart.
Only problem is that Esme left the service eight years ago. Now a wife and full-time mother, is it even possible Esme come back? Especially when her husband, Rafe, hates the idea…and Tom?
Joshua Corin’s second novel has an excellent plot that all twists and turns nicely to conclusion. Sadly, however, the ending is not explosive and quite the letdown compared to the rest of the book.
Although the writing style was a bit more, um, flowery, for lack of a better term, than I liked, it kept me reading. But the ending gave me a sense that Corin’s deadline had arrived and it was time to wrap it up; fast and without much time to think it through.
Even though there was those couple of things I think could use some rework, it isn’t enough for me to tell you to avoid it completely. Actually, I will recommend it just don’t build yourself up for a explosive ending.
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