A review by scrappymags
Iron House by John Hart

4.0

Nicely done mystery! This is the 3rd book I've heard by Hart, and I am thoroughly impressed with the plots of his books. This one is no exception - he takes an interesting angle, siblings who are different, exposed to different things and how they survive in their own ways. Both take very different paths. Both flawed (and Hart writes flawed soooo well) massively. Suffice it to say, the plot moves quickly and there are many curves in the road. My only hesitation to 5 stars is that I thought it carried on some pages too many, like Hart was having a tough time ending it, and my exact response was, "Enough! Jeeez!" LOL.. perhaps that's a good thing, but since it started to drag.. eh... 4 stars. I found some interesting symbolism here too - fire for one. The fire, wanting to burn something to remove something or a way of erasing the past. Interesting little find in there for those who are going to read it. I also didn't care for the character Elena. She's basically a hostess at a restaurant and seems pretty dumb. Not quite sure how she could miss the fact that her boyfriend is a gangster. But Michael.. now I liked him, which is weird. I actually though that his way of life was justified somehow based on his upbringing. It disturbs ME a bit that I think that way, but there, I said it. An intriguing book, and I read so many mysteries that I am often figuring out the stories too soon. Not so here. Well done.