myrdyr's review against another edition
2.0
Something about the writing just didn't do it for me. I did not feel invested in the story or any of the characters. I made it to page 64 but have realized this is not a book for me, so I am moving on.
kathyrleal's review against another edition
3.0
This was just ok for me. I know a lot of books need you to have a little suspension of belief, but seriously, some of the decisions the main character makes just make you want to scream at how stupid he is.
cathy1665's review against another edition
3.0
I never understand how a hero endures being beaten up. Some grammar issues. I’ll look for others in the series.
julieb's review against another edition
4.0
I had the pleasure of reporting on a local event the author spoke at a while back (https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/between-friends/01/31/2019/inspiring-stories-shared-lcwc-luncheon/) then recognized his name on a list of southern California writers (my genre niche) and realized I'd not read his books.
Descriptive and poetic as the sound of Torrey Pines in the background, the writing is quite good. I love a flawed hero and this intro to Rick Cahill makes him out about as flawed -- and foolish -- and one dog-loving man can be. The story is tight and this read gave me that feeling in the pit of my stomach I want at the end of a tense book.
I'll be reading the next.
Descriptive and poetic as the sound of Torrey Pines in the background, the writing is quite good. I love a flawed hero and this intro to Rick Cahill makes him out about as flawed -- and foolish -- and one dog-loving man can be. The story is tight and this read gave me that feeling in the pit of my stomach I want at the end of a tense book.
I'll be reading the next.
bookluver1's review against another edition
4.0
If you like crime thrillers like those by Michael Connelly or Harlan Coben, you will enjoy Yesterday's Echo. Rick Cahill, the main character has his flaws, his past, and inherited disgrace for his father who was kicked out of the La Jolla Police Department (LJPD). The book became a page turner, especially in the second 2/3 as the plot twists and action sped up to a good finish. Now that I know it is book #1 of a series, I will look for the next Rick Cahill sequel.
bookworm71387's review against another edition
5.0
A Good Guy
I decided to read this book because I recently got an arc of Blind Vigil which comes out tomorrow and is book seven in the Cahill series. Sometimes when I get an arc of an author, I am unfamiliar with I will go ahead and purchase the first book to see how the character started and where it developed. I will say that if you are not a series type of person these books read as great standalones.
YESTERDAY'S ECHO is a great first novel. The author writes well and knows how to bring a reading audience in, mixing crime, mystery, action, revenge and a host of emotions into the pot to simmer and boil. He does not just drop hints to his mystery along the way, he grows them so the reader can pluck them up at the appropriate time. Rick Cahill is an engaging protagonist. If you prefer your heroes to be squeaky clean, he's probably not for you, but if you like your main characters to live with their flaws and take life on at their level best, then I suggest you read this book. It is character driven, but the plot is intricately woven, and will not let you down for the read. I am looking to see how the story develops. I am curious to see which characters remain in the story as I continue to finish book six and how it progresses all together. I will for sure be reading the books in between the first and the sixth. A very compelling read.
I decided to read this book because I recently got an arc of Blind Vigil which comes out tomorrow and is book seven in the Cahill series. Sometimes when I get an arc of an author, I am unfamiliar with I will go ahead and purchase the first book to see how the character started and where it developed. I will say that if you are not a series type of person these books read as great standalones.
YESTERDAY'S ECHO is a great first novel. The author writes well and knows how to bring a reading audience in, mixing crime, mystery, action, revenge and a host of emotions into the pot to simmer and boil. He does not just drop hints to his mystery along the way, he grows them so the reader can pluck them up at the appropriate time. Rick Cahill is an engaging protagonist. If you prefer your heroes to be squeaky clean, he's probably not for you, but if you like your main characters to live with their flaws and take life on at their level best, then I suggest you read this book. It is character driven, but the plot is intricately woven, and will not let you down for the read. I am looking to see how the story develops. I am curious to see which characters remain in the story as I continue to finish book six and how it progresses all together. I will for sure be reading the books in between the first and the sixth. A very compelling read.
dedasab's review
Soooooo. I hated it. The protagonist is a dumb and easy to be manipulated. How did he work as a police man, I really don't know. A beautiful woman sleeps with him and he risks everything to protect her!!.. too soon, too soon. It was fast and I could have finished it in one day. But I am already in a reading slump, I'm not forcing myself to read a book that I dislike, not now at least.
julieb's review against another edition
4.0
I had the pleasure of reporting on a local event the author spoke at a while back (https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/between-friends/01/31/2019/inspiring-stories-shared-lcwc-luncheon/) then recognized his name on a list of southern California writers (my genre niche) and realized I'd not read his books.
Descriptive and poetic as the sound of Torrey Pines in the background, the writing is quite good. I love a flawed hero and this intro to Rick Cahill makes him out about as flawed -- and foolish -- and one dog-loving man can be. The story is tight and this read gave me that feeling in the pit of my stomach I want at the end of a tense book.
I'll be reading the next.
Descriptive and poetic as the sound of Torrey Pines in the background, the writing is quite good. I love a flawed hero and this intro to Rick Cahill makes him out about as flawed -- and foolish -- and one dog-loving man can be. The story is tight and this read gave me that feeling in the pit of my stomach I want at the end of a tense book.
I'll be reading the next.
3no7's review against another edition
5.0
“Yesterday’s Echo” by Matt Coyle is the first book in the Rick Cahill series. With “Lost Tomorrows,” book six in the series, arriving on December 3, 2019, this is an appropriate time to look back at how it all started. Rick arrived on the pages burdened with a traumatic past, an unstable present, and an uncertain future. Before readers even met Cahill, his father had resigned from the La Jolla police department in disgrace suspected of malfeasance and corruption. Cahill had attempted to outrun the cloud of dishonor by joining the police force in Santa Barbara; however trouble followed there as well. His wife was murdered, and although charges against him were dropped, he was always a person of interest in her death. When readers meet Cahill, he still agonizes over this; “Coleen used to say she felt safe with me and that she knew I would always protect her. And I had. Except for the one night that had really mattered
The books are structured as Cahill’s first person narrative, and readers are immediately pulled into Cahill’s life, the struggles, the successes, and the overwhelming guilt. He talks to readers as if talking to a friend; he shares his philosophy of life; “Sometimes you have to do what’s right even when the law says it’s wrong.” And he describes his current choice of occupation; “Now strangers come to me with their problems and I try to solve them. I do it for money, not for love. It’s easier that way. Fewer people get hurt.”
La Jolla provides the framework for Cahill’s experiences; both the beautiful, “At night, it was magical. Scattered rainbows of lights from the restaurants stores, and hotels of the Golden triangle to the north gave way to the intermittent twinkles of house lights among the dark vacuum of hills rolling down to the black expanse of ocean rimmed by white splashes of broken waves.” And the painful; “It was a police station. A place where I used to belong, but never would again. A place where you were forced to face the truth, even when you lied.”
“Yesterday’s Echo” introduces characters who drop in and out of Cahill’s life in the years to come. Readers who missed the first installment in Rick Cahill’s life will appreciate the consistent earnestness that propels him from the start and carries him through the books that follow. This is a good time for faithful readers to revisit Cahill’s past in preparation for revelations of “Lost Tomorrows.”
The books are structured as Cahill’s first person narrative, and readers are immediately pulled into Cahill’s life, the struggles, the successes, and the overwhelming guilt. He talks to readers as if talking to a friend; he shares his philosophy of life; “Sometimes you have to do what’s right even when the law says it’s wrong.” And he describes his current choice of occupation; “Now strangers come to me with their problems and I try to solve them. I do it for money, not for love. It’s easier that way. Fewer people get hurt.”
La Jolla provides the framework for Cahill’s experiences; both the beautiful, “At night, it was magical. Scattered rainbows of lights from the restaurants stores, and hotels of the Golden triangle to the north gave way to the intermittent twinkles of house lights among the dark vacuum of hills rolling down to the black expanse of ocean rimmed by white splashes of broken waves.” And the painful; “It was a police station. A place where I used to belong, but never would again. A place where you were forced to face the truth, even when you lied.”
“Yesterday’s Echo” introduces characters who drop in and out of Cahill’s life in the years to come. Readers who missed the first installment in Rick Cahill’s life will appreciate the consistent earnestness that propels him from the start and carries him through the books that follow. This is a good time for faithful readers to revisit Cahill’s past in preparation for revelations of “Lost Tomorrows.”
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