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jessferg's review
4.0
I would not say I am the typical thriller reader but McGoran's modern twist, this time using an all-to-believable horror story about GMO terrorism, is just the thing I need to pick up the genre for some fun reading.
While this is the third in the adventures of Detective Doyle Carrick, the reader does not have to read the first two books (Drift, and Dead Out) to understand what's happening - although I do recommend it because they are great and you get a much better feel for the character development by going in order.
Much like the first two books, Dust Up's characters are strong and realistic, the setting is interesting and imaginable, the plot keeps you guessing until the reveal, and the science, at least to this mostly-layperson-perhaps-citizen-scientist, is on the money. The dialogue is really well done without very much of the "exposition" feel that usually annoys me in mysteries and thrillers.
The end of this story sets up a little more clearly than the first two that there will be a future in ecological espionage take-downs for Carrick - and I can't wait.
While this is the third in the adventures of Detective Doyle Carrick, the reader does not have to read the first two books (Drift, and Dead Out) to understand what's happening - although I do recommend it because they are great and you get a much better feel for the character development by going in order.
Much like the first two books, Dust Up's characters are strong and realistic, the setting is interesting and imaginable, the plot keeps you guessing until the reveal, and the science, at least to this mostly-layperson-perhaps-citizen-scientist, is on the money. The dialogue is really well done without very much of the "exposition" feel that usually annoys me in mysteries and thrillers.
The end of this story sets up a little more clearly than the first two that there will be a future in ecological espionage take-downs for Carrick - and I can't wait.
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