The Bookaholic

Although one of the cover blurbs proclaims, “Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs — move over,” I didn’t find this book as intriguing as either of the other two authors.  Perhaps with a few more books under her belt, Fox will be able to create a more dynamic character in Detective Sargent Kate Farrer.  I certainly see the potential… absolutely.  That said, if you like Cornwell and Reichs, you’ll probably like Fox, too.

It took me a while to figure out the story was set in Sydney, Austrailia, because it was only an off-hand reference once or twice.  Silly me… at first I thought it was somewhere in the UK.

And now, let’s talk about the people who write the synopsis without ever having read the book.  Cut that out.  Sometimes it’s just little things that are off, but it’s still highly annoying.  Kate Farrer did not take a “four-month leave from the force when the stress of the job threatened to crush her,” she took a three-month leave to recover from the psychological terror of being kidnapped and tortured.  A very slight difference, I’m sure.  But one that gives you a very different first impression of a character.

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