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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Liking the evolution of the main characters, though this was the first I'd read where Cardinal didn't strike me as being overly clever. Still, worth reading if you've become attached to the main characters.
A solid procedural noir with too many populist plotting tropes for my liking. Comparable to Gillian Flynn in that this is clearly a competent crime writer intent on cheap manipulation and point scoring with their readers but enjoyable enough on its own merits that the manipulation serves more to detract. I hesitate to use M.Night Shyamalam as a comparison because it doesn’t reach the sorry depths of that guys storytelling but maybe it expresses what I mean in easy shorthand so I can go read another book.
I was a touch reluctant to read this because I had seen the series on TV earlier and loved it even though it was quite dark. However, the book impressed me even more the than the series so now will have to read the reaming books in the series.
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Although the language is a little raw for me in places, I continue to appreciate Blunt's storytelling. The book was hard to get because it is published in Canada. I waited to read it until I knew I had the time to devour it, which I pretty much did. As far as I know there are no more books in the series right now. I look forward to more.
Another great John Cardinal mystery set in a fictional North Bay.