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A review by b0okcupidity
Blood Work by Michael Connelly
4.0
Blood Work hit all of my thriller buttons. Great mystery, fast pacing, intriguing and brainy main character.
McCaleb, a retired FBI agent, finds himself hooked into a case that, from the outside, he has no business being a part of.
The entire novel the clock is ticking in a race to track down his unsub. However, the chase itself might be his killer as he struggles with the volalitiitly of his newly transplanted heart.
He's not the cookie-cutter FBI hero either - he sucked as a field agent and did all his best work at his desk. So much fun to read his wheels-a-turning and pilfering out the a-ha moments. The puzzler in me enjoys that over action- packed chase scenes and gun-fighting. Brain over brawn, and all that.
That said, I really found the romantic interest in Graciela to be annoying and unecessary. I felt the like the relationship was, in part, a ploy to create a splashy ending. A slower romance in subsequent books would have worked for me - especially since there is a kid at play. I think over all, it was very forced and the weakest part of this book.
McCaleb, a retired FBI agent, finds himself hooked into a case that, from the outside, he has no business being a part of.
The entire novel the clock is ticking in a race to track down his unsub. However, the chase itself might be his killer as he struggles with the volalitiitly of his newly transplanted heart.
He's not the cookie-cutter FBI hero either - he sucked as a field agent and did all his best work at his desk. So much fun to read his wheels-a-turning and pilfering out the a-ha moments. The puzzler in me enjoys that over action- packed chase scenes and gun-fighting. Brain over brawn, and all that.
That said, I really found the romantic interest in Graciela to be annoying and unecessary. I felt the like the relationship was, in part, a ploy to create a splashy ending. A slower romance in subsequent books would have worked for me - especially since there is a kid at play. I think over all, it was very forced and the weakest part of this book.