Reviews

Crack Down by Val McDermid

belford4's review

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

3.5

alixv's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

sarah_graham's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

patti_pinguin's review

lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

sharongrigg's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Thoroughly enjoyable. Kate Brannigan PI is cool. Such an atmospheric, quick read. Definitely worth reading more in the series (probably should read the first two next as I somehow ended up with book 3 first!)

gigglewigglesquiggle's review

4.0

Characters: 4
Plot: 4
Setting/world building: 3
Atmosphere: 4
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3,75

lauraellis's review

4.0

This was the first book I remembered reading from the first time around— and either I enjoyed it far more this time, or my memory confused this book with another series. In this one, Kate’s boyfriend is helping her with a car scam, and accidentally gets caught with a book [trunk] full of someone else’s crack and it is up to Kate to find the real culprits and child-mind her boyfriend’s visiting young son without letting him find out that his father’s in jail.

I like the fact that the mysteries usually develop into several different plots.