Cassie H. (Irishcoda) reviewed on 7/6/2005 + 88 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

The Throat is told by tormented writer Tim Underhill. He's been through some terrible stuff in his life, including being on the body squad in Viet Nam! In the beginning, I learn that the accident I thought had happened to Tom Pasmore in Mystery actually happened to Tim, a witness to his sister's murder across the street. After that trauma, Tim goes on to talk about his years in "Pigtown" and meeting John Ransom, a wealthy young man who seems to have a lot of character. I learn that John Ransom also went to Viet Nam, married, and that his wife has become a victim of the Blue Rose Killer ... maybe. Or maybe it's a copycat. Or maybe it's someone else all together.

I think this would have been a good book if it hadn't been so long (did we really need half the stuff in that book?) and so confusing. Okay, so Tom Pasmore is a made-up character by author Tim Underhill except...wait a minute, he's not. So what is what and whose story is whose? My head was spinning half the time. The other half I felt annoyed by the antics of Underhill, Ransom and Pasmore, running around investigating people and shooting them like they are the law of the land.

Actions repeat themselves too much too. In all three books, there is some weiseheimer a-hole who really doesn't know what the heck he's doing...in two of the books, a murdered man is made to look like he committed suicide -- and this is a set-up by the so-called good guys! Yes, these murdered men were bad and evil but still...

I'm putting this book on the available list and letting paperback swap know that it's available again too.

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