A thoroughly good read -- intriguing mystery, with a satisfying undercurrent of thoughtful reflection on mob psychology, and the impossibility of objective investigation when every Tom, Dick and Harriet thinks that access to Google makes them Ace Detectives.
I felt that the ending let it down a little: undermined the powerful sense that, when his child disappeared, Cam Murdoch entered a moral Twilight Zone, from which he would never emerge, whatever the outcome of the police investigation. Too much tying up of loose ends where it might have been better to leave the ending ambiguous.
However, I couldn't put it down, there are satisfying twists and turns, and the writing and characterization of the two leads (Murdoch and the lead police detective Rebecca Kent) was very engaging ...
I felt that the ending let it down a little: undermined the powerful sense that, when his child disappeared, Cam Murdoch entered a moral Twilight Zone, from which he would never emerge, whatever the outcome of the police investigation. Too much tying up of loose ends where it might have been better to leave the ending ambiguous.
However, I couldn't put it down, there are satisfying twists and turns, and the writing and characterization of the two leads (Murdoch and the lead police detective Rebecca Kent) was very engaging ...
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