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A review by winemakerssister
The Finders by Jeffrey B. Burton
2.0
2.5 stars
There were some good things about this book (mainly the Golden Retriever) and lots of issues:
* The story started well but really dragged through the middle 60-70%
* Some of the hero's inner humor was extremely strange and awkward
* We spent way too much time inside the head of the villain
* Most of the cultural references came from the 1960s and 1970s. At first I thought the book had been written in the 80s or 90s but no, it was published in 2020. So the references are from decades before the hero was born. Huh?
* I get the sense that the author couldn't decide whether to write a cozy mystery or a thriller. Mace's thoughts are warm and folksy but the villain fits in a thriller. They don't make a lot of sense together.
There were some good things about this book (mainly the Golden Retriever) and lots of issues:
* The story started well but really dragged through the middle 60-70%
* Some of the hero's inner humor was extremely strange and awkward
* We spent way too much time inside the head of the villain
* Most of the cultural references came from the 1960s and 1970s. At first I thought the book had been written in the 80s or 90s but no, it was published in 2020. So the references are from decades before the hero was born. Huh?
* I get the sense that the author couldn't decide whether to write a cozy mystery or a thriller. Mace's thoughts are warm and folksy but the villain fits in a thriller. They don't make a lot of sense together.