*****
Less original than the previous ones, but technically perfect
This third novel in the Bosch series is so far the one I liked the most.
Although it is apparently more straightforward than the previous ones (which I
usually do not like), the author played his cards very well.
Finally we find out about the event that
represented the character’s genesis: the fact that he killed a disarmed man,
thinking the latter was about to pull out a gun. The man in question was
nothing more than a serial killer, but Bosch had acted without calling the
backup and for this reason he had been demoted in his police job.
Four years later, while Bosch is under civil
lawsuit for that killing, by the serial killer family, a new homicide comes up
carrying the same signature, but it had occurred later.
Has Bosch killed the wrong man? Or is this an
emulator?
The story takes place between court and case
resolution. This is a pretty conventional serial killer case, where the killer
is one of the characters in the story and needs to be identified. The author
tries to take you in many wrong directions. It would all be easy (or almost) if
there was no trial in the middle that distracts you and makes you change
perspective.
This novel is not as original as the two
previous ones but is technically perfect and, unlike the previous ones, also
gives the reader the little satisfaction of having the elements to understand
in advance who the killer is. That doesn’t mean the reader is bound to succeed,
though.
In this context the private aspect of the
protagonist’s story continues to develop, which remains central in the plot of
the book and is likely to have dramatic implications.
The reassuring ending seems like the prelude to
a new storm.
The Concrete Blonde on Amazon.
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