lauraellis's review
4.0
The detective is a police officer (specialist) who is a single mother raising two children, with the help of family members—I liked that part. She and her partner, who is having problems of his own, are tracking a serial killer—a woman—who burns her victims. A very good police procedural—with enough of the detective’s outside concerns thrown in, though the body count, including Sonora’s own family members, was/became alarmingly high
errantdreams's review
3.0
The opening murder is gory, disturbing, and original–the darkest part, I’d say, of the novel. It doesn’t take long to start tracking the killer–this is less of a whodunit, focusing largely on finding and catching the killer before she can strike again. There’s plenty of mystery material, though, and quite a bit of suspense.
The characterizations are fairly complete; in particular Sonora’s fellow cops have plenty of personality. Even the ones that seem like stereotypes at first develop more dimension as they go. My only annoyance was the whole relationship between Sonora and the brother of the victim; it was so predictable in every respect (it didn’t help that I didn’t like the guy she was interested in). It seems like fictional female cops sleep with their partner and/or a witness ridiculously often.
I enjoyed Flashpoint. It isn’t stunning, but it’s a solidly good read, and I’d be curious to see a sequel.
NOTE: Book provided free for review by publisher
For a longer review including premise, visit my site: http://www.errantdreams.com/2015/10/review-flashpoint-lynn-hightower/
The characterizations are fairly complete; in particular Sonora’s fellow cops have plenty of personality. Even the ones that seem like stereotypes at first develop more dimension as they go. My only annoyance was the whole relationship between Sonora and the brother of the victim; it was so predictable in every respect (it didn’t help that I didn’t like the guy she was interested in). It seems like fictional female cops sleep with their partner and/or a witness ridiculously often.
I enjoyed Flashpoint. It isn’t stunning, but it’s a solidly good read, and I’d be curious to see a sequel.
NOTE: Book provided free for review by publisher
For a longer review including premise, visit my site: http://www.errantdreams.com/2015/10/review-flashpoint-lynn-hightower/
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