The Sting of Death

I feel like this book would have been 4 stars if it weren’t for so many characters! You know a book has too many characters when they have a character list at the start of the book describing who is who! And who each person is related to and how the characters know each other. It was a good story bu......more

Overall a reasonable read. Not too taxing though the complexity of the character cast was a constant challenge. There are over a dozen names to keep track of and while the author has set out to intentionally confound the reader to reflect the chaos the police are trying to come to grips with. It is......more

This book was nothing special. Some details were overlooked which bugged me. For instance, in the end when Den and Maggs look at each other, where did Maggs even come from? She wasn’t even at Roma’s house to begin with. Anyway, the book was overall okay, thus the 3 star rating (honestly, more like a......more

Drew Slocombe, an undertaker, makes friends with Roma, an older woman whose niece Penn is also the cousin of his wife, Karen. When Penn reports that Roma's estranged daughter Justine is missing, Drew tells the police, in the person of Den Cooper, who is burned out and waiting for a change. Each man,......more