It pains me to give this book (from my favorite series) only 4 stars. It had all the best elements (Dismas Hardy, Wes Farrell AND Abe Glitsky) together in a complex case. These characters are awesome people; I consider them to be princes of the American police procedural.
It didnt bother me that the murderer was obvious fairly early-on. What bothered me is that John Lescroart (as fine a wordsmith as there is) allowed Abe Glitsky to make so many mistakes! Abe, in my estimation, is the consummate professional; he just wouldnt have made those mistakes!
Since this is Lescroarts 15th book in the series, it must be getting hard to come up with new ways to allow a former police inspector, a district attorney and a defense attorney to remain friends and still have the tension that is part of their conflicting roles.
The story starts out simply; a jail guards wife is missing. Before a body is even found, Homicide is already setting up a case against the husband, Hal Chase. At the same time, the county jail has had a string of questionable deaths.
As the case continues, the motivations of the characters involved become less pure. Conjectures and theories abound while the death count continues to increase.
A new Wes Farrell, Abe Glitsky, Dismas Hardy novel is always reason to celebrate. I listened to this book; David Colacci is an accomplished reader. His variety of voices helps each character stand in stark relief from the others.
It didnt bother me that the murderer was obvious fairly early-on. What bothered me is that John Lescroart (as fine a wordsmith as there is) allowed Abe Glitsky to make so many mistakes! Abe, in my estimation, is the consummate professional; he just wouldnt have made those mistakes!
Since this is Lescroarts 15th book in the series, it must be getting hard to come up with new ways to allow a former police inspector, a district attorney and a defense attorney to remain friends and still have the tension that is part of their conflicting roles.
The story starts out simply; a jail guards wife is missing. Before a body is even found, Homicide is already setting up a case against the husband, Hal Chase. At the same time, the county jail has had a string of questionable deaths.
As the case continues, the motivations of the characters involved become less pure. Conjectures and theories abound while the death count continues to increase.
A new Wes Farrell, Abe Glitsky, Dismas Hardy novel is always reason to celebrate. I listened to this book; David Colacci is an accomplished reader. His variety of voices helps each character stand in stark relief from the others.
