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A review by caitlinxmartin
A Cold Dark Place by Gregg Olsen
1.0
I like a good thriller, but this doesn't qualify. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great either - slightly less than mediocre - not a ringing recommendation.
The plot was thin & had loose ends hanging about all over the place that never really got resolved or that got resolved in unbelievable ways. I hated the main character for being such an incompetent whiner. I mean, really, you're the Chief Detective in your town & a murdered family has been discovered in the middle of the night, but rather than see the investigation through you go home to sleep until the morning & don't supervise the crime scene. Add to that the very minor (but irksome) misidentification of BB King as a New Orleans musician (he was born in Mississippi & did most of his recording in Memphis, thank you very much) & I was pretty underwhelmed from the very beginning.
I persevered to completion, thinking it might get better, but it did not. I won't look for this author again.
The plot was thin & had loose ends hanging about all over the place that never really got resolved or that got resolved in unbelievable ways. I hated the main character for being such an incompetent whiner. I mean, really, you're the Chief Detective in your town & a murdered family has been discovered in the middle of the night, but rather than see the investigation through you go home to sleep until the morning & don't supervise the crime scene. Add to that the very minor (but irksome) misidentification of BB King as a New Orleans musician (he was born in Mississippi & did most of his recording in Memphis, thank you very much) & I was pretty underwhelmed from the very beginning.
I persevered to completion, thinking it might get better, but it did not. I won't look for this author again.