★★☆☆☆
I must preface this review by saying that I did not read the first book in the series and perhaps some of the issues I experienced would have been alleviated had I been introduced to the protagonists before. I really wanted to like this book more than I did. The author's writing style is not bad, but the book is in need of an editor. A few grammar errors don't bother me, but this had more than a few, including confusing 'your'/'you're' and there/they're/their, which is distracting when you're reading.
I also found it very predictable and lacking in any real relatable characters. The usual banter one expects between police officers and detectives is missing and the attempts to make the main character seem sympathetic toward every victim and witness he deals with fell flat for me. Even the victims' experiences when described failed to spark any real emotion in me.
As for the antagonist's motivation, we meet him right away and see the motivating incident, but not enough time is spent on it to make it believable.
Finally, I found the character names distracting. They were kind of unimaginative and almost always made me stop and think 'really?' or 'I wonder what was the author looking at when he came up with that one?' It's the first time that I ever experienced that about names while reading a book.
It is, however, a quick read that is written well enough that you won't be tempted to abandon it.
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