Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 3/24/2022 + 1031 more book reviews

I've heard about this series for years, but I was already into CJ Box's series with game warden Joe Pickett. Finally bought a copy of this first one to try. And I see why it's praised. Good location, lots of action, a good whodunit plot, and lots of angst. A fast read and a satisfactory ending. But I couldn't identify with Mike Bowditch. Here's a guy whose memories of his father are all bad. I can, sadly, relate to this all too well. He's chosen a career pretty much in direct opposition of everything his father does. Okay. But one uninformative message on the answering machine and he just knows his dad is innocent and he will wreck his career, risk being arrested, etc, for that same POS. This was just incomprehensible to me. I spent most of the book telling Mike how stupid he was. Everybody's different...but I was the wrong reader for this book. Moving on.

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