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A review by latas
A Tapping at My Door by David Jackson
2.0
This started as an interesting mystery. The victims are all police and the killer leaves behind a message (taken from poems) with a dead bird at the murder scene. I was eager to know how the detectives would solve this. But then, the author got too busy getting into the Hero's mental trauma due to some past tragedy. He brings back the Hero's ex-girlfriend and they have to work together. For some reason, this ex can't let things go, though she behaves like an agony aunt, who actually makes matters worse. I can't describe how much I hated this heroine, Megan. I wished, she was the first victim and Cody could add that to one of the reasons for being so morose.
The motive made sense, but the reason for leaving the birds as some sort of 'clue' didn't make any sense. I thought the killer was an environmentalist and was concerned about bird extinction. This reminds me of an Indian movie, where a professor concerned about the ill effects of cell towers on birds starts killing everyone connected with the telecom industry (after committing suicide and turning into a giant bird)
I know most of the readers like to know more about the detective, their personal life when they read a detective series. But I read detective novels solely for the detective mystery and police procedurals Every fictional detective are molded from the same template. It gets tiresome. This is fiction afterall, why can't the detective not have PTSD, have a perfect family life, understanding wife/ GF and completely focus on solving crimes? Where have the good old detectives like Poirot gone? They did well without a traumatic past to brood about.
This series has very high average ratings and hugely popular. I read some of the negative reviews for the the next 3 books. Looks like Nathan Cody's tragic past is not resolved in those books and Megan continues to nag him. Thank you. I am not continuing this series.
The motive made sense, but the reason for leaving the birds as some sort of 'clue' didn't make any sense. I thought the killer was an environmentalist and was concerned about bird extinction. This reminds me of an Indian movie, where a professor concerned about the ill effects of cell towers on birds starts killing everyone connected with the telecom industry (after committing suicide and turning into a giant bird)
I know most of the readers like to know more about the detective, their personal life when they read a detective series. But I read detective novels solely for the detective mystery and police procedurals Every fictional detective are molded from the same template. It gets tiresome. This is fiction afterall, why can't the detective not have PTSD, have a perfect family life, understanding wife/ GF and completely focus on solving crimes? Where have the good old detectives like Poirot gone? They did well without a traumatic past to brood about.
This series has very high average ratings and hugely popular. I read some of the negative reviews for the the next 3 books. Looks like Nathan Cody's tragic past is not resolved in those books and Megan continues to nag him. Thank you. I am not continuing this series.