Book Information
Genre: Thriller, suspense
- Paperback: 270 pages
- Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 01 edition (July 3, 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1514709759
- ISBN-13: 978-1514709757
Synopsis: Ten year old Daniel has been missing for more than a week. His family and the police have all but lost hope of finding him alive. Then a strange old man enters the precinct at the 99th Avenue and declares he knows where the boy is - and who he’s with. The lead detective on the case Aurora Fox is skeptical. Is the hemophiliac puppet master, Maxwell Caine, part of the puzzle or the solution - and why does he look so dolled up?
Dark tale of a tough-as-nails detective, a curious old man and a persistent district attorney - all trying to catch a pedophile - (scratch that) - a serial killer.
Fear is relative.
What would you do to be free?
Review: Based solely on the synopsis above, I thought that I would be a huge fan of this book. I love thrillers, especially those that involve missing children. Unfortunately, this one was a huge disappointment.
By the end of the first chapter, I was totally confused, and I never got my confusion cleared up in the rest of the book. I couldn't make sense of much of what was happening, and the characters seemed more than just a little unrealistic.
The main character, Aurora, was a huge disappointment. A police officer who is as abusive as she appeared would never still be on the force. She threatens and intimidates people at every turn, and she doesn't even have a partner assigned to keep her under control.
In most cases I would probably have given up on this book in the first 50 pages or so, but because I took in on for review, I kept reading in hopes that things would be made clear by the end. The storyline has a lot of potential, but the execution was less than optimal.
**I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.**
By the end of the first chapter, I was totally confused, and I never got my confusion cleared up in the rest of the book. I couldn't make sense of much of what was happening, and the characters seemed more than just a little unrealistic.
The main character, Aurora, was a huge disappointment. A police officer who is as abusive as she appeared would never still be on the force. She threatens and intimidates people at every turn, and she doesn't even have a partner assigned to keep her under control.
In most cases I would probably have given up on this book in the first 50 pages or so, but because I took in on for review, I kept reading in hopes that things would be made clear by the end. The storyline has a lot of potential, but the execution was less than optimal.
**I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.**
Rating: Two stars
About the author
Noorilhuda has done her Masters in Psychology and Bachelors At Law. However, most of her career is rooted in the field of journalism. She is currently working as a senior broadcast producer and freelance journalist in Islamabad, Pakistan.
She usually writes on socio-political and security-related issues. A collection of her cover stories and other published pieces for leading English-language newspapers and monthlies is available at:https://www.scribd.com/noorilhuda
She usually writes on socio-political and security-related issues. A collection of her cover stories and other published pieces for leading English-language newspapers and monthlies is available at:https://www.scribd.com/noorilhuda
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