Constant Marlowe is back! And she returns with her impressive investigative instincts as well as her boxing skills. This is the second novella in the series and it does help to have read the first one just to understand her story. Luckily, I had!
Constant is after “Mr X” who she is hoping
to turn witness in a case. But when she lands up in pokey Downstate, she stumbles
across a case that, at the outset, seemed cut and dry, but has tendrils that extend
from robbery to as far as human trafficking. And every time you think you can
see the plot twist coming... you can’t!
As always, I loved the author’s style of
writing. It’s physical and cerebral and as though each angle is dissected and
brought to you. Like watching a movie but really having to think about why each
thing is happening. Small interactions that you take for granted as moving the
story along actually turn out to be something important. So this really is a
quick read as you can just fly through it to get to figure out the why and who.
I had two gripes. One was the bow that was
a little too neat at the end. I’m all for her to take into account all the
aspects of the investigation, but when the bow is double knotted and sparkly
after ALL the action (and there was a LOT) that took place... um... okay... The
second gripe is entirely on me and it’s just something my eye kept noticing.
When dialogue opened a chapter, the opening quotation marks were missing off
the drop cap. I know some take this as a style issue but it was enough to make
me pause for a second and I don’t like doing that when reading!
Overall a great story with info and action
galore. I look forward to seeing where Constant and her “I’ll do it my way,
thanks” is going next!
Thanks to NetGalley and the author for the opportunity to review the book.
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