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A review by veronica87
Murder, D.C. by Neely Tucker
4.0
"This was how your day went south without even trying."
When a relaxing lunch with some fellow news folks results in a high profile death landing in the lap of one Sullivan "Sully" Carter, the result is a story that is a worthy follow-up to the first book in the series. I like Sully and his brand of tenacious, investigative journalism. Though he has some serious baggage that manifests itself in some pretty major flaws, there is a glimmer of hope that Sully may finally be ready to address some of his demons head on. We see the return of some of the characters we met in the first book - one in particular I wish Sully would sever all association with - but we also get to meet Alexis, an old friend and a badass photojounalist who works for the same paper as Sully and who has covered some of the nastiest war zones abroad. I liked her immediately and hope we get to see her again. The investigation itself was pretty interesting but though I figured out one reveal fairly early on, another one took me by surprise. While this book can be read independently of the first, there are elements of Sully's past as well as his current personal life that form the backdrop of everything he does and to best understand him it's best to read the books in order. I'm looking forward to reading Sully's third, and hopefully not last, book.
"These many years later, half the world's war zones in his rearview mirror, he sat at his desk in an office in a violent city, his back purple, his leg aching, and a narrow dab of dried blood on his chin, writing from the same pit of emotion."
When a relaxing lunch with some fellow news folks results in a high profile death landing in the lap of one Sullivan "Sully" Carter, the result is a story that is a worthy follow-up to the first book in the series. I like Sully and his brand of tenacious, investigative journalism. Though he has some serious baggage that manifests itself in some pretty major flaws, there is a glimmer of hope that Sully may finally be ready to address some of his demons head on. We see the return of some of the characters we met in the first book - one in particular I wish Sully would sever all association with - but we also get to meet Alexis, an old friend and a badass photojounalist who works for the same paper as Sully and who has covered some of the nastiest war zones abroad. I liked her immediately and hope we get to see her again. The investigation itself was pretty interesting but though I figured out one reveal fairly early on, another one took me by surprise. While this book can be read independently of the first, there are elements of Sully's past as well as his current personal life that form the backdrop of everything he does and to best understand him it's best to read the books in order. I'm looking forward to reading Sully's third, and hopefully not last, book.
"These many years later, half the world's war zones in his rearview mirror, he sat at his desk in an office in a violent city, his back purple, his leg aching, and a narrow dab of dried blood on his chin, writing from the same pit of emotion."