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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 December 2023
Karin Slaughter writes… pretty gory whodunnits, staring Will Trent, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation officer, and his coroner girlfriend, Sara Linton.
In this book, Linton is in the Emergency Room, when a patient discloses a rape, before dying. The rest of the book follows what happens at the trial, which is a problem for Linton, because she knows the family accused of the crime (at a distance), and they know her history.
The book is a pretty decent read. It’s not exactly Dickens or Shakespeare, but it rattles along at a good rate, which is good for a murder mystery. It’s also worth noting that people will wonder about preachiness, when the Me Too movement is involved. It wasn’t. It slipped facts in, but in a way that wouldn’t make guys feel like they were being attacked all the time.
The one grumble I have is that the finale depends on trained investigators have a chronic case of the stupids. My first thought turned out to be bang on, and anyone with a modicum of common sense would have asked, or at wondered the same, out loud.
In this book, Linton is in the Emergency Room, when a patient discloses a rape, before dying. The rest of the book follows what happens at the trial, which is a problem for Linton, because she knows the family accused of the crime (at a distance), and they know her history.
The book is a pretty decent read. It’s not exactly Dickens or Shakespeare, but it rattles along at a good rate, which is good for a murder mystery. It’s also worth noting that people will wonder about preachiness, when the Me Too movement is involved. It wasn’t. It slipped facts in, but in a way that wouldn’t make guys feel like they were being attacked all the time.
The one grumble I have is that the finale depends on trained investigators have a chronic case of the stupids. My first thought turned out to be bang on, and anyone with a modicum of common sense would have asked, or at wondered the same, out loud.
