A review by fortheloveoffictionalworlds
The North Country Confessional by Craig C. Charles
4.0
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The author shared a digital copy of the book in exchange for an honest review
I didn't realise how much I missed a good old mystery thriller book till I got a chance to review this one. I have been a part of fantasy and science fiction world way too long and this book was a perfect escape for that (just for a little while at least :P)
This book has a hero (an actual war hero!) who ran away from his past but has now returned like the prodigal son. It has heroine who has lives and works in grey and that made her hardened and cynical. We have a psychopathic villain who will most definitely not turn out to be the good guy (oh how I have missed thee :D) and we have dark dirty secrets just waiting to come out. We have a man who made mistakes yet is always considered to be the bad guy by everyone including the cops.
And we have a mystery clued up in riddles.
All this should have made this book, soo predictable that it wouldn't have even been funny. But damn, if it didn't take me back to my days of gorging on James Patterson, Jeffrey Archer books that I stole from my father. These things should have not worked together and yet it did.
The writing is wonderfully imaginative and the scenery so vivid that I could actually imagine all the gory details (yes I missed that too!).
There were a few things that rankled me though not enough to make even dislike this book. Darby's emotional responses seemed a little flat. Since majority of this book was in his POV, I expected a lot of reflection from someone who is the protagonist in his position. Also, some of the methods used to kill/torture/maim the victims in this book, seemed a little far fetched, but I was actually okay with that!
Beyond this, this book was a perfect reminder of how much I missed a little bit of mystery genre in my life. I can't wait to get more from this author, cause I absolutely loved the gruesome way he killed people off :D
The author shared a digital copy of the book in exchange for an honest review
I didn't realise how much I missed a good old mystery thriller book till I got a chance to review this one. I have been a part of fantasy and science fiction world way too long and this book was a perfect escape for that (just for a little while at least :P)
This book has a hero (an actual war hero!) who ran away from his past but has now returned like the prodigal son. It has heroine who has lives and works in grey and that made her hardened and cynical. We have a psychopathic villain who will most definitely not turn out to be the good guy (oh how I have missed thee :D) and we have dark dirty secrets just waiting to come out. We have a man who made mistakes yet is always considered to be the bad guy by everyone including the cops.
And we have a mystery clued up in riddles.
All this should have made this book, soo predictable that it wouldn't have even been funny. But damn, if it didn't take me back to my days of gorging on James Patterson, Jeffrey Archer books that I stole from my father. These things should have not worked together and yet it did.
The writing is wonderfully imaginative and the scenery so vivid that I could actually imagine all the gory details (yes I missed that too!).
There were a few things that rankled me though not enough to make even dislike this book. Darby's emotional responses seemed a little flat. Since majority of this book was in his POV, I expected a lot of reflection from someone who is the protagonist in his position. Also, some of the methods used to kill/torture/maim the victims in this book, seemed a little far fetched, but I was actually okay with that!
Beyond this, this book was a perfect reminder of how much I missed a little bit of mystery genre in my life. I can't wait to get more from this author, cause I absolutely loved the gruesome way he killed people off :D