A review by geraldine
The Grave Between Us by Tal Bauer

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

 i have got to stop reading stuff like this right before i go to sleep

how is it not prime government incompetence and corruption that they take a known murderer constrained with only handcuffs AND A SEATBELT and put him in a NORMAL ASS CAR and then act like it's the fault of the young new employee who interviewed him and not the fault of, i dunno, his SUPERIORS WHO PUT HIM IN A NORMAL ASS CAR AND NOT A PRISONER TRANSPORT VEHICLE??? NOT EVEN A NORMAL POLICE CRUISER BUT A NORMAL MERCEDES???? "oh you didn't see him eating a pencil" IF HE BROKE HIS CUFFS IN AN APPROPRIATE VEHICLE HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE ANYTHING UNTIL THEY STOPPED AND TOOK HIM OUT INSTEAD OF DRIVING. COLE, THIS IS NOT ON YOU. MIKE: LOSE YOUR JOB FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my god. they put this guy through the ringer. i wish they could both quit and move away with katie somewhere safe. was really glad their wedding was not in a cornfield though, they kept listing wedding venues and i was covering my face with my hands. those damn midwestern men and their cornfields...............

i do like all the main characters and i love a compelling mystery. wish i could rec these to my book club but the main girl bans explicit sex scenes (she WILL read them but doesn't want to discuss them in a book club with her mother) and also i don't trust them enough to rec a book with gay sex and gay main characters in it. anyone wanna start a gay mystery/thrillers book club with me
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