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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
I found this one to be not quite as good as the first Jim Clemo book - not as engaging. It also didn’t wrap up quite as neatly as I would like. Still, it was well written, and I will likely read other book by this author.
This one was good just not as fast paced as the first Detective Clemo book, look forward to the next one!
2.5 rounded up to 3
Good enough to finish, but wouldn’t recommend
Good enough to finish, but wouldn’t recommend
I truly enjoyed this read by author Gilly MacMillan
The characters were well thought out and rounded. (It makes me want to go find the first book featuring Detective Inspector Jim Clemo).
It is the story of two 15 year old boys, Noah Sadler and his best friend Abdi Mahad. Noah, we discover is terminally ill with cancer. We also discover that Abdi is a Somalian Refugee. Late one night, Noah is discovered floating unconscious in a seedy section of the city's canal, and Abdi can't OR won't tell anyone what happened. Enter DI Jim Clemo, who is just newly returned to the job after a leave of absence after his last case which had gone horribly wrong. He is assigned to investigate the unfortunate incident.
The story unfolds with the points of view of Noah, Abdi's family (mostly his sister Sofia), DI Clemo and a very rude and annoying newspaper reporter named Emma Zhang (I don't think I am giving anything much away here when I tell you that Emma and DI Clemo were once romantically inclined).
What happened that night out in the scrapyard? What were the boys doing? Why has Abdi chosen not to speak to help clear his name? Why does Abdi disappear later rater than speak..even to his family? Did Abdi really push his friend Noah into the water like an eyewittness tells DI Clemo? And why is Emma Zhang so hell bound on making this a racially motivated event?
It kept me turning pages to find the answers to these and many more questions. Very interesting twists in the tale all along the way.
The characters were well thought out and rounded. (It makes me want to go find the first book featuring Detective Inspector Jim Clemo).
It is the story of two 15 year old boys, Noah Sadler and his best friend Abdi Mahad. Noah, we discover is terminally ill with cancer. We also discover that Abdi is a Somalian Refugee. Late one night, Noah is discovered floating unconscious in a seedy section of the city's canal, and Abdi can't OR won't tell anyone what happened. Enter DI Jim Clemo, who is just newly returned to the job after a leave of absence after his last case which had gone horribly wrong. He is assigned to investigate the unfortunate incident.
The story unfolds with the points of view of Noah, Abdi's family (mostly his sister Sofia), DI Clemo and a very rude and annoying newspaper reporter named Emma Zhang (I don't think I am giving anything much away here when I tell you that Emma and DI Clemo were once romantically inclined).
What happened that night out in the scrapyard? What were the boys doing? Why has Abdi chosen not to speak to help clear his name? Why does Abdi disappear later rater than speak..even to his family? Did Abdi really push his friend Noah into the water like an eyewittness tells DI Clemo? And why is Emma Zhang so hell bound on making this a racially motivated event?
It kept me turning pages to find the answers to these and many more questions. Very interesting twists in the tale all along the way.
Not as good as the first in the series, IMO. The stories and characters never really came together for me.
This book is pretty good. It’s different from standard procedural novels and I liked it. This book I would say is more like suspense novels because most of the book is told from the lens of the Noah and Abdi’s family members. The cops are there but their story doesn’t dominate the book and there are cheesy love stories between cops which I appreciated.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
I really enjoyed reading this book, the voice swap was initially a little confusing until I figured out how to tell each voice apart, and the several subplots were woven together wonderfully. The twist at the end made you suddenly rethink a bunch of passages and see the groundwork for it
Suspected this was part of a series once I started reading. Works ok as a stand alone.
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes