In the Dark Places by Peter Robinson is a British mystery novel that I really didn’t much care for. It is about a crime ring in a rural area involved in the stealing of farm equipment for resale. The whole book is the ongoing crime investigation trying to get to the bottom of it which mushrooms into something much bigger and gruesome. It was a bit confusing trying to keep all the law enforcement people straight, a map would have been helpful to show the lay of the land and the language used many British terms I wasn’t familiar with. There is good suspense near the end but for the most part I found myself plowing through just to finish it. I did appreciate the wrap-up summaries given when the law enforcement people got together to compare notes and update each other. That helped me know what was going on.
(Karen's review, 2 stars)
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Showing posts with label crime investigation. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
"In the Dark Places" by Peter Robinson
Labels:
British,
crime investigation,
murder,
mystery,
suspense
Friday, May 29, 2015
"A Deadly Wandering" by Matt Richtel - Pulitzer Prize Winner
A Deadly Wandering--A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention by Matt Richtel tells the true story of Reggie Shaw. One morning while driving, he got into a car accident. One car with two men in it were killed. There was a third car involved also. When the accident was investigated, Reggie was blamed for causing it. the cops said he was texting while driving. Reggie does not remember it that way at all.
This is a great book! It covers the people that were affected by this accident, how Reggie dealt with it and how the authorities built their case against Reggie. This book isn't a "page turner," but it kept my interest.
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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This is a great book! It covers the people that were affected by this accident, how Reggie dealt with it and how the authorities built their case against Reggie. This book isn't a "page turner," but it kept my interest.
(Gerard's review, 5 stars)
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Labels:
contemporary,
crime investigation,
non-fiction,
redemption,
tragedy
Thursday, April 2, 2015
"Cold Fear" by Rick Mofina - Girl Lost in the Woods Hoping to Survive
Cold Fear by Rick Mofina, a former crime reporter, is
about Doug and Emily from San Francisco who take their family on a camping trip
to a National Park located in Montana and Canada. The majority of the
book is about them being interrogated by the FBI when their 10-yr. old
daughter, Paige and her Beagle dog turn up missing. They went looking for
her mother in the woods when her father was angrily chopping wood, cut his hand
and didn’t want to talk to her. Her dog went off the path after a
chipmunk and she followed, but he didn’t come back so she just kept looking for
him, going farther and farther off the path and getting lost in bear
country. Search and Rescue teams, forest rangers, and police all go
looking for her. Reporters come on the scene and the FBI shows up to
investigate the parents who were the last ones to see her. What they dig
up is a lot of information that makes it look very bad for the parents.
This was an interesting read for me because of how it was
written. Usually, things happen and the reader is kept in the dark,
wondering along with law enforcement officials what really happened.
However, in this book, the reader gets to know right from the start what really
happened—that the parents are telling the truth. Consequently, the reader
is sympathetic towards the parents and the FBI agents look like bad guys
harassing them during their crisis. The author switched from the search
and rescue, the FBI investigation, the reporters trying to get the story, the
convict scheduled to be executed for murder of a little girl in the same park
22 years ago, and Paige’s frightening time in the woods.
I enjoyed reading this book but didn’t think it was very
believable. The author certainly gives a comprehensive picture of the
news event of the lost girl, but by including so many people, it was difficult
at times to keep track of everyone.
(Karen's review, 4 stars)
I made a COLD FEAR Booktube video about this one.
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Labels:
adventure,
bears,
crime investigation,
family secrets,
FBI,
Montana,
prison,
suspense
Thursday, February 19, 2015
"A Killing at the Creek" by Nancy Allen
A Killing
at the Creek by Nancy Allen is a mystery about a woman school bus driver found
dead with a slashed throat in a creek and the 15-yr.-old boy who was found driving
the bus and was charged with her murder.
Elsie, an assistant prosecutor, was eager to work a murder case but didn’t
expect her first one to be a teen. I
enjoyed reading about the investigation and the trial was the best part, but
this book had too much bad language for my taste which easily could have been
omitted without losing any of the mystery. I didn't like the ending. (Karen's review, 3 stars)
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Labels:
crime investigation,
lawyers,
murder,
mystery,
trial
Thursday, February 12, 2015
"Crash and Burn" by Lisa Gardner
Crash and Burn by Lisa Gardner starts off with Nicole Frank getting into a car accident. When the police come, she tells them her daughter is missing. They cannot find her and the police dogs cannot track her, what now? Her husband shows up and tells the police that his wife suffers from a mental illness and cannot be trusted in anything she says. But, can he be trusted?
This is a fantastic read! Lisa Gardner is always good and this novel is no exception! As you read this book, what you think you know, you do not. Trust me. It's filled with so many twists and turns your head will spin! LOVED IT!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
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This is a fantastic read! Lisa Gardner is always good and this novel is no exception! As you read this book, what you think you know, you do not. Trust me. It's filled with so many twists and turns your head will spin! LOVED IT!
(Gerard's review, 5++ stars)
Crash and Burn by Lisa Gardner is a fascinating and
intriguing mystery about a police investigation of an DWI accident that finds
them trying to solve a 30-year-old mystery. Nancy Frank suffers from PTSD
and mental confusion from three concussions. Her husband is supportive of
her, or is he? Can she trust him? Who is Vero? There are so many
questions that come up along the way and when you think you know something, it
turns out different from what you thought with all the twists in this
book. It certainly kept my interest all the way through and is a wild
read. I can’t really go into detail because I don’t want to give you ruin
the surprises for you.
(Karen's review, 4 stars)
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Labels:
contemporary fiction,
crime investigation,
Gerard's favorites,
mystery,
PTSD,
suspense,
thriller
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