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দ্য পাপেট শো

M.W. Craven

4.23 AVERAGE

fnurn's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 1%

Got other things to read, may come back to it later

lhart2222's review against another edition

3.0

Burnt and mutilated corpses start appearing among stone circles in Cumbria, the police suspect the victims are random and it’s nothing but a deranged killer. Suspended detective Washington Poe, thinks otherwise. When his name is found carved into one of the victims chest, he gets the chance to prove if his theories are true. Reinstated, Poe will do anything and everything to bring a criminal to justice, no matter who he has to upset along the way.

This book didn’t get off to a brilliant start with me, with the overdone detective trope, I wasn’t looking forward to reading the conclusion of the book. I was wrong. Yes, at times extremely cliché, but also highly enjoyable. The story was incredibly dark (murder via fire, just the tip of the iceberg.) It takes some time getting into, but once you do it’s a book worth reading. A story that offers plenty of reader input, having you think alongside the police, and trying to solve the crime every step of the way, guessing what was next and reading on to see if you were right.

Washington Poe, yes another suspended detective, who has a hard time following orders and loves a sarcastic remark. Sounds familiar right? Despite being one of a million other snarky detectives, Poe does a good job of ingratiating himself gradually throughout the book, having his character grow from more than just the “snarky detective”. Other than Poe we have several other police detectives who work the case, Tilly being one, a bit more of a unique character, Tilly has an amazingly high IQ, and is incredibly detailed in her work. However, she struggles socially which means she perhaps doesn’t get the recognition her efforts deserve. The dynamic of the two adds to the story, both having an influence on one another throughout the book, growing as you read.

Overall, this book was decent. Complaints I would have would be too predictable at times, with too much cliché, but overall solid and hopefully the next in the Washington Poe series will iron out these creases.