Reviews

Flame Out by M.P. Cooley

lauriebuchanan's review against another edition

4.0

Flame Out, by M.P. Cooley (@MP_Cooley) was a great weekend read. Once I was able to get a firm grasp on the interesting characters (there are several) and how they're connected (who's related to who), I settled in and enjoyed the intriguing storyline, especially the unexpected twist at the end. Bravo!

mftaylor's review against another edition

2.0

I would have rated this 2.5 if possible. It's not a bad book, it's just not my cup of tea. This Cooley book is the 2nd in the series but according to other reviews you don't need to read the first to enjoy the second. This is a police crime story with the female lead, Lyons, trying to solve a 30 year old murder. It's set in a small town and there are a lot of characters to become familiar with; maybe too many. It's hard to keep track of everyone and how they are all related and connected to one another. It started out pretty interesting (even while trying to get all the characters straight) but then it fell flat for me. I found it becoming boring and I wasn't really interested in how it concluded. There were so many possible suspects (not the best of people) that could be the murderer that it didn't really matter to me which one had really done it. Perhaps this will be the only Cooley read for me.

ranaelizabeth's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty decent for a standard cop thriller. At least good enough to make me go look up the first in the series.