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A review by usbsticky
The Informant by Thomas Perry
4.0
I read the last book in this series first, then #1, #2 and #3. I liked #4 very much. I only gave #2 and #3 three stars. This one is better than the first 2.
Spoilers below:
I highly recommend reading these books in order. In all the books there is some continuity issues where something said in one book doesn't match the same thing in another. For example the depiction of the Cathead Malone hit is slightly different. But to be honest, doesn't really detract from the series, though just seems badly edited or sloppy.
The reason why I like this one better maybe because the author has improved his writing over time or because the author has gone back to the basics of just having the killer of doing hit after hit. After all, he's a killer, so fugetabout making the story cute or adding complexities to it. I still don't like the changing POV (between the killer and Waring). Waring's POV (Dept of Justice) is just not necessary. One thing which I didn't really like was making the killer too omnipotent, I mean he's basically capable of getting into any house/fortress and killing any number of people, it's just too easy. But on the other hand, I enjoyed it. I will be checking his other books now.
Spoilers below:
I highly recommend reading these books in order. In all the books there is some continuity issues where something said in one book doesn't match the same thing in another. For example the depiction of the Cathead Malone hit is slightly different. But to be honest, doesn't really detract from the series, though just seems badly edited or sloppy.
The reason why I like this one better maybe because the author has improved his writing over time or because the author has gone back to the basics of just having the killer of doing hit after hit. After all, he's a killer, so fugetabout making the story cute or adding complexities to it. I still don't like the changing POV (between the killer and Waring). Waring's POV (Dept of Justice) is just not necessary. One thing which I didn't really like was making the killer too omnipotent, I mean he's basically capable of getting into any house/fortress and killing any number of people, it's just too easy. But on the other hand, I enjoyed it. I will be checking his other books now.