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Nachtschade

Michael Connelly

3.84 AVERAGE

fosterwalrus's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lauracoverstories's review against another edition

4.0

This was my first Michael Connelly book and I really liked it! The small island setting great, and the mystery had me hooked! Detective Stilwell has found himself in Catalina Island tucked away and exiled. I really enjoyed the mystery and enjoyed learning about many of the big players on the island.
There were a lot of sketchy things happening behind the scenes and they were revealed in such a thrilling way. Perfect for fans of police procedurals and twisty investigations. I'm looking forward to reading more of this series.

A very special thanks to Little Brown for the gifted copy.

racheal26's review against another edition

5.0

Yeah good. Everything I expect from MC. I do want more …

kmreadstheworld's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kijoweaver's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

michedea_books_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nightshade by Michael Connelly is book 1 in a Detective Stilwell series and I confess the first book from the author that I have read.

Set on the island of Catalina of the coast of Southern California L.A Sheriff Silwell has been transferred to the island after and incident on the mainland where he was booted of a case. Catalina is where members of the Police force have done wrong but not so much to be booted off the force. But although Stilwell has been sent there. He Likes the different way of life on the island and its different pace.

But when Stilwell gets a call that a female body has been found with a purple streak in her hair and the signs that she has been murdered. Stilwell old instincts kick in at full force to find the find the killer. But his colleagues on the mainland are not too happy about it and thinks Stilwell should stand down and they deal with it. But he knows if he does that. They will do anything they can to close the case down quickly and discover what really happed to the body in the water.

This is my first outing of Micheal Connelly’ s work and you can tell by the quality of his writing how well established he is. I really enjoyed this, with this great well-paced storyline, with its multiple avenues but come together in the end. Stilwell is such a likable character as you keep reading you want to route for. And with a bit of romance thrown in it was such a delightful story. I can’t wait for more of this series and will no doubt go back and read previous novels from ths author. 5 stars from me.