A review by samhouston
The Innocents by David Putnam
5.0
I come, as usual, late to a relatively new crime fiction series, this one featuring 25-year-old policeman Bruno Johnson, but I'm happy that I finally got here.
"The Innocents" is book five in the Bruno Johnson series, and in this one Bruno learns that he has an infant daughter only when she is handed to him by the baby's stressed out and exhausted mother. That proves to be a problem, but because Bruno's father is thrilled with the addition to his family, it is not one that defeats the young policeman.
While trying to cope with the idea that he is a new father, Bruno takes on an extremely difficult assignment, one that sees him going undercover in an effort to nail two of the most ruthless cops imaginable, cops so bad that they have become on-the-job contract killers. As Bruno tries to gather enough evidence to nail the two killers, he comes to the realization that he can't trust anyone, including his handlers, because no one turns out to be what they appear.
Now the question is will he live long enough to see his daughter reach her first birthday? And if he does, will he still be with the police, or will he be in prison?
This is a fun ride, and I now fully intend to go back and find the first four books in the Bruno Johnson series because I want to enjoy all of the ride, not just part of it. Good stuff.
"The Innocents" is book five in the Bruno Johnson series, and in this one Bruno learns that he has an infant daughter only when she is handed to him by the baby's stressed out and exhausted mother. That proves to be a problem, but because Bruno's father is thrilled with the addition to his family, it is not one that defeats the young policeman.
While trying to cope with the idea that he is a new father, Bruno takes on an extremely difficult assignment, one that sees him going undercover in an effort to nail two of the most ruthless cops imaginable, cops so bad that they have become on-the-job contract killers. As Bruno tries to gather enough evidence to nail the two killers, he comes to the realization that he can't trust anyone, including his handlers, because no one turns out to be what they appear.
Now the question is will he live long enough to see his daughter reach her first birthday? And if he does, will he still be with the police, or will he be in prison?
This is a fun ride, and I now fully intend to go back and find the first four books in the Bruno Johnson series because I want to enjoy all of the ride, not just part of it. Good stuff.