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A review by theliterateleprechaun
Desolation Canyon by P.J. Tracy
4.0
In Desolation Canyon, P. J. Tracy returns to L.A. and Detective Margaret Nolan in her follow up to the series debut, Deep into the Dark.
Part police-procedural and part thriller, this sequel’s success is in the return of Sam Easton’s character, the short, compelling chapters, the even pace, and the suspense created as the author moves to mesh the sub-plots.
I’ll admit to being lost many times as I struggled with a lack of context clues, and then really disappointed with the bad language. This, mixed with a plot featuring too many coincidences made for an unbelievable story line. Despite these challenges, this was still a good read.
The author miraculously and seamlessly ties together the three subplots. In one, Detective Nolan investigates the death of a successful lawyer found dead in Swan Lake on the grounds of Hotel Bel-Air. In another, Sam becomes involved in helping his friend, Lenny, rescue a woman and her daughter who’ve escaped from a cult only to find themselves in danger again. In the third plot, Maggie’s mom is seeking solace and healing at a retreat in Desolation Canyon and it worries her daughter once she discovers that her cases are linked. I wasn't sure if Tracy would be able to pull it off with so many characters, so many subplots, and so many unbelievable coincidences, but she did. That speaks to her writing ability.
Tracy creates an intense read involving mafia, child trafficking, murders, and a cult and keeps readers at bay with her twists.
I was gifted this advance copy by P.J. Tracy, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.
Part police-procedural and part thriller, this sequel’s success is in the return of Sam Easton’s character, the short, compelling chapters, the even pace, and the suspense created as the author moves to mesh the sub-plots.
I’ll admit to being lost many times as I struggled with a lack of context clues, and then really disappointed with the bad language. This, mixed with a plot featuring too many coincidences made for an unbelievable story line. Despite these challenges, this was still a good read.
The author miraculously and seamlessly ties together the three subplots. In one, Detective Nolan investigates the death of a successful lawyer found dead in Swan Lake on the grounds of Hotel Bel-Air. In another, Sam becomes involved in helping his friend, Lenny, rescue a woman and her daughter who’ve escaped from a cult only to find themselves in danger again. In the third plot, Maggie’s mom is seeking solace and healing at a retreat in Desolation Canyon and it worries her daughter once she discovers that her cases are linked. I wasn't sure if Tracy would be able to pull it off with so many characters, so many subplots, and so many unbelievable coincidences, but she did. That speaks to her writing ability.
Tracy creates an intense read involving mafia, child trafficking, murders, and a cult and keeps readers at bay with her twists.
I was gifted this advance copy by P.J. Tracy, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.