The Good Son by Russel D. McLean
J. McNee, P.I. is a man with demons of his own, and when the opportunity arises to investigate an apparent suicide at the request of the deceased’s brother, he takes it and finds himself in for a world of hurt.
This book was certainly a quick read. It was barely 200 pages long and packed with action and dialogue. It was very “noir”, I could almost year the raspy voice narrating the story and picture everything in black and white. The language was pretty foul, especially towards the end and the mystery itself was pretty straight-forward – with a nice twist at the end.
What I did not like much about the book was that, try as I might, I just couldn’t feel anything for any of the characters – and when you have characters getting hurt in a book, one would hope that your audience would feel some kind of connection to them. I felt as if I was held at arms length through the story and, when trying to figure out just what was McNee’s story, I felt as if I was banging my head against a brick wall. (I still don’t quite understand what happened, anyone care to enlighten me?)
If you are into mysteries and suspense, this certainly is a worthy read and I don’t regret having spent a few hours of my time reading it.
