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book_concierge's review against another edition
4.0
This is book five in the Tres Navarre mysteries. Tres is a former English professor turned private investigator in San Antonio, Texas. In this case a group of five inmates escape from a prison, presumably headed north towards Canada. Despite the leader being Will Stirman, a notorious human trafficker who vowed revenge on those who put him behind bars, no one seems very concerned except for Tres’s boss, Erainya. Suddenly, she’s trying to join forces with her rival PI Sam Barrera, and Tres can’t quite figure out why.
This is a hard-hitting detective series, and the body count climbs as the plot progresses. I like Tres. He’s intelligent and a bit sarcastic. His personal relationship is also fraught, and he’s sharing custody of his enchilada-eating cat, Robert Johnson, with his former and once-again current flame, who’s pressuring Tres to move to Austin and give up the PI business.
The setting is practically a character, and Riordan includes many landmark locations that brought me back home again.
There are a total of seven books in this series; the last one was published in 2007. These days Riordan concentrates his efforts on his YA / middle-school fantasy series which have been hugely successful. I wish he’s write more books featuring Tres.
This is a hard-hitting detective series, and the body count climbs as the plot progresses. I like Tres. He’s intelligent and a bit sarcastic. His personal relationship is also fraught, and he’s sharing custody of his enchilada-eating cat, Robert Johnson, with his former and once-again current flame, who’s pressuring Tres to move to Austin and give up the PI business.
The setting is practically a character, and Riordan includes many landmark locations that brought me back home again.
There are a total of seven books in this series; the last one was published in 2007. These days Riordan concentrates his efforts on his YA / middle-school fantasy series which have been hugely successful. I wish he’s write more books featuring Tres.
sarahstockwell's review against another edition
2.0
I had really been enjoying the Rich Riordan books...all the way up through #4. This installment though was more of a psychopathic thriller, and I don't really have it in me right now to finish it. I'll keep it on my TBR pile, but for now I've stopped reading.
duckinggreyduck's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
book_nut's review against another edition
There are some things I just don't read about. Serial murderers out for revenge are on that list. As much as I like Tres, this is too dark and gruesome for me.
earlapvaldez's review against another edition
4.0
I like it that Rick Riordan writes briefly: not too long and not too short a novel, at least for The Tres Navarre series.
fanboyriot's review against another edition
2.0
I liked the ending, however, the plot kinda annoyed me.
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