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A review by _whatlivreads
The Dark Room by Jonathan Moore
4.0
The Dark Room follows the story of Detective Inspector Gavin Caine's latest case. He's about to start the case of exhuming an old grave after they've had a tip off that they should check it. Whilst this is about to happen, his phone rings and he's pulled off the exhuming case, to the new case where he's specifically been asked for. The new case is the blackmail of the San Francisco mayor, Harry Castelli. Castelli has received some bizarre and incriminating photographs alongside a letter, which could threaten his career and his reputation, showing him in a bad light to the city of San Francisco.
But somehow, this blackmail case leads back to the grave they've just exhumed. What does Harry know? Is he hiding a dark secret? Who is blackmailing him and why?
It's so clear that the mayor and his family have this hierarchy about them, they can get away with anything and no one would bat an eyelash. To put it bluntly, I really did not like the Castelli family at all.
I'll be honest, at the beginning I wasn't that interested in the story, but it's definitely a slow burner and I did start to enjoy it as I got more involved in the plot. I think when you're so used to reading thrillers, crime/detective books can be really slow paced? I think it was well written, understandable language that wasn't cryptic to the average person who wouldn't understand police codes. The plot was enjoyable and all tied together in the end, however, the storyline of how DI Cain and his girlfriend Lucy met, was just sort of thrown in and not explained well and didn't have any purpose? I'd understand if this was the second book in the series, however, this is a standalone! It was completely unnecessary and had me puzzled, like what am I supposed to do with this??? It was an enjoyable read, but nothing so rememberable and I wouldn't tell you to rush out and buy it
But somehow, this blackmail case leads back to the grave they've just exhumed. What does Harry know? Is he hiding a dark secret? Who is blackmailing him and why?
It's so clear that the mayor and his family have this hierarchy about them, they can get away with anything and no one would bat an eyelash. To put it bluntly, I really did not like the Castelli family at all.
I'll be honest, at the beginning I wasn't that interested in the story, but it's definitely a slow burner and I did start to enjoy it as I got more involved in the plot. I think when you're so used to reading thrillers, crime/detective books can be really slow paced? I think it was well written, understandable language that wasn't cryptic to the average person who wouldn't understand police codes. The plot was enjoyable and all tied together in the end, however, the storyline of how DI Cain and his girlfriend Lucy met, was just sort of thrown in and not explained well and didn't have any purpose? I'd understand if this was the second book in the series, however, this is a standalone! It was completely unnecessary and had me puzzled, like what am I supposed to do with this??? It was an enjoyable read, but nothing so rememberable and I wouldn't tell you to rush out and buy it