Non-series mystery/thriller by the author of the "Mallory" series. Oren Hobbs has come home after twenty years, the last several spent as an Army CID officer. The family housekeeper, Hannah Rice, has been writing and letting him know that his little brother Josh (who disappeared the summer Oren turned seventeen) has been coming homebone by bone. Someone is leaving pieces of what they presume is Joshs skeleton on his fathers front porch. And yet Judge Henry Hobbs (retired) hasnt seen fit to contact the local sheriffs office. Why not?
No one knows for sure what happened to Josha bright fifteen-year-old with a penchant for photography and for watching people. Oren suspects that a picture Josh took captured someone doing something they didnt want known and that he was killed because of it. But who? Everyone knows everyones secrets in small town Coventry, California. Dont they?
This story sucked me in right from the beginning, never revealing too much, just enough crumbs to keep you following the trailwhich was also littered with many red herrings, several of which I fell for along the way. You were never really allowed to get to know Oren too well eitherthe story didnt take place inside his head, really, so there were many questions I still had about him at the end of the book, even. The characters were all rather complexand yet you didnt ever really know them if that makes any sense.
But this is one of the few books Ive read recently where I can honestly say that character development didnt really matter too much. It was the story that was intriguing, and the entire package worked very well.
No one knows for sure what happened to Josha bright fifteen-year-old with a penchant for photography and for watching people. Oren suspects that a picture Josh took captured someone doing something they didnt want known and that he was killed because of it. But who? Everyone knows everyones secrets in small town Coventry, California. Dont they?
This story sucked me in right from the beginning, never revealing too much, just enough crumbs to keep you following the trailwhich was also littered with many red herrings, several of which I fell for along the way. You were never really allowed to get to know Oren too well eitherthe story didnt take place inside his head, really, so there were many questions I still had about him at the end of the book, even. The characters were all rather complexand yet you didnt ever really know them if that makes any sense.
But this is one of the few books Ive read recently where I can honestly say that character development didnt really matter too much. It was the story that was intriguing, and the entire package worked very well.
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