Author: James Oswald
Language: English
Format: paperback
Rating: 4 stars
Reading challenge: 33rd book in your home library
No of pages: 480
Date read: 28.10.2017
BLURB:
The search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murder.In a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of Gilmerton Cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath Edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification.Inspector Tony McLean knew the dead man, and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eye. The baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossible. But it is not the only thing about this case that McLean will find beyond belief.Teamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher power.
There's something awfully compelling about Oswald's writing that never fails at drawing me in even though the idea behind it is actually quite similar to the previous four books in the series. The execution is also somewhat similar in the aspect that I already knew to anticipate that Tony's going to get himself hurt by the end of the book, because he's miraculously found his killer and all of the crimes he seems to investigating somehow fit together into one bigger puzzle. Mind, that's not necessarily a bad thing because Oswald most definitely knows how to write and even though the similarities are there, I don't actually think of them all that much while I'm reading.
While I'm reading, I'm fully absorbed in Oswald's words and it's nigh impossible to drag me away from them. The small touch of paranormal only adds to the overall story and doesn't detract from the reading experience for me.
Even though it's not mandatory to read the previous four books before diving into this one, I'd still recommend reading them in order because with each book the reader learns something new about our main character Anthony 'Tony' McLean and I personally love getting to know him bit by bit. This time round, for example, I discovered that his phone ring is something like a klaxon. :)
Even though it's not mandatory to read the previous four books before diving into this one, I'd still recommend reading them in order because with each book the reader learns something new about our main character Anthony 'Tony' McLean and I personally love getting to know him bit by bit. This time round, for example, I discovered that his phone ring is something like a klaxon. :)
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