A review by asroka
Looking Glass by Andrew Mayne

3.0

Really a 3.5 for me.
I liked this book, but not as much as the Naturalist. Theo Cray has started working with a new intelligence company after his run-in with Joe Vik, damaging his chances at being a college professor ever again. He is asked to look into a ten-year cold case of a missing young boy, and quickly notices a pattern with other young missing boys. Through the help of an eyewitness, Artice, and his own inquisitiveness and desire to do whatever is necessary for catching the bad guy, Theo continues to put his life at risk while hunting a predator. What will this latest crime solving spree do to his reputation?

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I really disliked the ending and thought it was unrealistic. I don't think Theo would become a killer even after his situation with Joe Vik. I think the stint in the jail is believable, but not up and shooting a guy straight in the head without calling the cops, and then getting let off the hook. Is it justice for the families to have him dead, or would they rather him go to trial and be jailed/in solitary/something else (I acknowledge this would be a challenge to get to that point because of the people who were protecting him). But I just feel like there were zero repercussions, and I understand it was a child predator, but he had zero qualms about killing him? This didn't feel like the same Dr. Theo Cray from the first book, and it really kind of tainted the series for me. I'd like to read the whole series, but we'll see.