Cruel Justice Justice series Book 1 edition by M A Comley Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Cruel Justice Justice series Book 1 edition by M A Comley Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
The main character is anything but likable. At roughly 20% through, I deleted this book. DI Lorne is a poor representation of a hero, and the constant sterotypical behavior gets old very quickly.Product details
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Cruel Justice Justice series Book 1 edition by M A Comley Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
This review is for the first novel of the 3-volume Justice Series Boxed Set. Lorne Simpkins is a Detective Inspector for London's Metropolitan Police Service, investigating a series of murders by a vicious and sadistic serial killer. Overall. I found the book to be well-written, holding the reader's interest, even though the plot was fairly standard for this genre. The characters, especially DI Simpkins, were well-developed, and I liked the fact that Simpkins was a more complex character than many of the one-dimensional detectives found in fiction. The effect of her domestic problems on her professional activities was nicely woven into the plot, making for realistic, believable behaviors.
What I found somewhat less than realistic, though, was the "procedural" part of this police procedural. Here are some examples 1) In the book, DNA results are available overnight, whereas in reality they would take a week or more. 2)The junior member of the team, on her own initiative, takes the tape of a telephone call made by the killer to a hacker friend,who is able to analyze it's background noises for clues as to the killer's location. When she brings these results to the team, everyone is amazed at how this could be possible! I suspect that the Met probably has a lab that can do this very thing, and even if not an in-house capability, I would be astounded that it would not be standard procedure to have this done on any telephone recording from a killer - it is, after all, a very common police procedure. 3) Nobody ever even considered stationing undercover cops at the double funeral of two of the victims to observer and photograph those in attendance, a common police procedure in a murder investigation, especially for serial murders. Simpkins didn't even know about the funeral until the son of one of the victims offered up the information, unsolicited. Nobody even asked! 4) The new chief brings in a psychologist friend of his to work up a profile of the killer. Does the Met not have profilers on staff, or at least on retainer? I'll bet they do! And I am surprised this was not done as soon as it was determined that they were dealing with a serial killer. And even if they have to rely on friends, this one wasn't called in until the killer had already been identified. And to make matters worse, this friend puts together a highly detailed profile in a couple of hours. 5) It is inconceivable that one of the largest police forces in the world would not add extra staff to Simpkins' very small group to try to stop a serial killer on the loose in London!
Seems to me the author needs to do more research on police procedures when writing police procedurals.
I was also at times scratching my head at the detective work. Simpkins' partner is described as being so good that he could get a promotion to DI anytime he wanted to try for it, but he continually says "that's the one, that's the one" every time a new potential suspect is identified, and he misses many significant details when the actual murderer and his accomplice are interviewed. Then there was a bit with a psychic that was totally unnecessary to the story, but by including it, and having Simpkins act on it, really called into question her credibility as a DI.
In summary - the book is recommended with reservations. The writing style is above average, the main character is quite realistically drawn, and there is enough suspense to keep you turning the pages. But the police procedures are weak, sometime to the point of being jarring.
I will definitely read the remaining two novels in the boxed set, and, depending on how they turn out, I can see myself enjoying the other books in the series as well.
comley is a good writer and tells a good story. it was difficult to put it down at times and the ending was satisfying. however, her main character, madison knight, is one of the most unsympathetic, self-centered, narcissistic, sexist and know-it-all characters i have come across in a lifetime of reading in many genres [mystery, horror, sci-fi, romance, speculative fiction, police, western, etc]. by the end of the book i was hoping something bad would happen to her. she [knight and not comley, i hope] obviously does not like the male of the species as almost all of her comments and thoughts are disrespectful, demeaning, tend to an attitude of superiority and have a tendency to violence. for example, she keeps hitting her partner on the shoulder, at times hard enough for it to hurt, though she tries to pass it off as nothing, even though she's thinking she really wantd to rip his arm off. her other thoughts run to crushing and killing and busting heads and bodies of any man she doesn't like. she has no concept how to be a friend or partner, as she insists others 'open' to her, while she stays as closed as fort knox. even her one female friend is treated as much as an enemy as a friend and colleague. i have nothing against strong female characters, BUT unremitting negative attitude just turns me off regardless of the 'perpetrator'.
this character alone makes it very difficult to read another madison knight book, that is a shame as the story and case were interesting and the teasers for the next 2 books in the series appeared to be interesting as well.
In the prologue alone, a woman is made to eat her own feces,bludgeoned and dismembered.
Dialogue in the book did not sound like an American author.
I could not finish the book. The book needsmore action
and less talk
The main character is anything but likable. At roughly 20% through, I deleted this book. DI Lorne is a poor representation of a hero, and the constant sterotypical behavior gets old very quickly.
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