I didn't realize there was a short story attached to the Murder Squad series. I liked that this follows Constable Pringle. We don't get to see a lot of him in the Yard, and while he's not my favorite character. He's also not my least favorite. What I do like about Pringle he knows exactly what kind of man he is, and for better, or worse, doesn't try to be anything else. However, this book does give him more points in the plus column. Because he does the best he can for this girl, and while it wasn't much, he did right by her in the best he could. I honestly didn't clock how this story was going to end, I swear I thought it was the husband, up until I met the sister. It broke my heart when Pringle finally unraveled it all. It almost made me wish we'd gotten at least a couple more books with Pringle, even if his death was the first book was pretty cool.
This was my second time reading this book, I remembered a sum total of two things: Hammersmith's concussion and that some lady gets accidentally shot. That was it, I didn't even remember the context of those two things until they were about to happen. So it was kind of like reading, well listening to this for first the time. Personally, I liked this one, though the ending feels like a couple of chapters too long. The two storylines need to come to a head at some point, between the town sinking, the snowstorm, and Hammersmith needing to be wrapped in plastic wrap. I listened to this audio, and at one point I couldn't believe there were still like forty more minutes left in this story. Then something else happened. It does feel like one too many things right at the end, and instead of keeping me on the edge of my seat, it made me irritated. Because I do really like both of these stories and my heart bled a little for Cal. He just couldn't catch a break. Outside of the last hour (maybe the last hundred pages), it's really good, though I can always do without creepy kids in books. Every single time.
HAPPY READING!!
No comments:
Post a Comment