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Nightshade by Michael Connelly
3.0
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Connelly’s prose and dialogue are tight as ever. The problem was the characters. There was almost no insight about who Detective Stilwell is as a person; by the end, you don’t even know his first name. Deputy Lampley, exiled to Catalina Island for being trigger-happy, would have been a more interesting protagonist. 

This is by far the weakest entry in Connelly’s canon since the Jack McEvoy trilogy.