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A review by ctorretta
Bone Wires by Michael Shean
4.0
Ohhh!! What more can a girl ask for? Blood and guts everywhere. The only thing that got me was that I’m not much of a mystery person but Michael keeps this plot going. I was asking questions and trying to figure out the plot and getting everything wrong! It was great!
This did remind me of a Dystopian although it is marked as Science Fiction. It was in the future and the way the private companies did things just reminded me that all hell can break loose. And sometimes does. The cops didn’t even have much that they could do.
"Yes, it was a good old time for everyone, except here in Homicide. A hundred years ago the art of finding killers was the crown jewel for detectives wanting to make their name in any police organization. Here in the age of privatized police, however, Homicide was very often something of a proverbial dead end. After all, the kinds of people who normally got killed off were Blanks, folks who didn’t have police coverage at all, or everyday citizens who were covered under the standard civilian safety contract brokered between the Company and the city government."
People didn’t respect them like you would think. It was a really interesting set up and one I really enjoyed. And the names of these workers… For instance the main character Dan Gray was a part of Homicide Solutions. Every time I saw one of those names I just cracked up! But Michael adds in that flair, for instance Coke is called Coke Century. Genius! I’m sure Coke is going to want to copyright that. I never once questioned where or when they were. Phenomenal world creation!
So in the midst of these horrific murders where people’s spines are being stolen you have some very interesting characters. And you never get the feeling that you can truly trust any of them. It’s a fabulous mystery with lots of gory details added in, which of course, I just loved! That’s one of the reasons I picked this up, I’m not much of a mystery or science fiction fan but gore, hell yeah, bring it on! Bone Wires definitely didn’t fail my expectations!
This did remind me of a Dystopian although it is marked as Science Fiction. It was in the future and the way the private companies did things just reminded me that all hell can break loose. And sometimes does. The cops didn’t even have much that they could do.
"Yes, it was a good old time for everyone, except here in Homicide. A hundred years ago the art of finding killers was the crown jewel for detectives wanting to make their name in any police organization. Here in the age of privatized police, however, Homicide was very often something of a proverbial dead end. After all, the kinds of people who normally got killed off were Blanks, folks who didn’t have police coverage at all, or everyday citizens who were covered under the standard civilian safety contract brokered between the Company and the city government."
People didn’t respect them like you would think. It was a really interesting set up and one I really enjoyed. And the names of these workers… For instance the main character Dan Gray was a part of Homicide Solutions. Every time I saw one of those names I just cracked up! But Michael adds in that flair, for instance Coke is called Coke Century. Genius! I’m sure Coke is going to want to copyright that. I never once questioned where or when they were. Phenomenal world creation!
So in the midst of these horrific murders where people’s spines are being stolen you have some very interesting characters. And you never get the feeling that you can truly trust any of them. It’s a fabulous mystery with lots of gory details added in, which of course, I just loved! That’s one of the reasons I picked this up, I’m not much of a mystery or science fiction fan but gore, hell yeah, bring it on! Bone Wires definitely didn’t fail my expectations!