The Taken (Hazel Micallef, Bk 2)
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Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Judith L. (jlautner) reviewed on + 105 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This second in the series keeps me wanting more. Hazel Micallef is the antithesis of most female detectives. She is not young, she is not beautiful, she is not in great physical shape. She resembles more the seasoned male detectives we have come to love.
In this novel a fishing expedition leads to the discovery of something that looks like a body. The fishers are unable to retrieve it so it is several hours before the police team can get to it and discover what it is.
What Detective Micallef sees is the scene's resemblance to a story being serialized in the local newspaper. It appears to have been staged. But why? Like a dog with a bone, Hazel investigates relentlessly. Except when she is dealing with recovery from a back surgery, necessitating a stay at the house of her ex-husband and his new wife.
The personal intrudes on her work life, rather like it does for most of us in the real world.
The investigation leads to the discovery of a determined manipulator who has targeted Micallef for some reason. This person sends Hazel and her team all over the map, including to the police department in Toronto where Hazel's protege, Wingate, had worked previously. Hazel doesn't make friends easily and the Toronto team is not in love with her, but they do reluctantly follow her lead when they must.
A highly complicated plot with an obsessive criminal at the head of it. I'm getting the impression that nothing is simple in Hazel's world.
In this novel a fishing expedition leads to the discovery of something that looks like a body. The fishers are unable to retrieve it so it is several hours before the police team can get to it and discover what it is.
What Detective Micallef sees is the scene's resemblance to a story being serialized in the local newspaper. It appears to have been staged. But why? Like a dog with a bone, Hazel investigates relentlessly. Except when she is dealing with recovery from a back surgery, necessitating a stay at the house of her ex-husband and his new wife.
The personal intrudes on her work life, rather like it does for most of us in the real world.
The investigation leads to the discovery of a determined manipulator who has targeted Micallef for some reason. This person sends Hazel and her team all over the map, including to the police department in Toronto where Hazel's protege, Wingate, had worked previously. Hazel doesn't make friends easily and the Toronto team is not in love with her, but they do reluctantly follow her lead when they must.
A highly complicated plot with an obsessive criminal at the head of it. I'm getting the impression that nothing is simple in Hazel's world.
