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roseleaf24's review against another edition
3.0
This was an engaging story, with twists and surprises. As a mystery, it felt a little too much like Barrett was just letting people tell him what happened, without much additional investigation, but as he was supposed to be a master confession-getter, I guess that made some sense. Parts of it were oddly slow, but overall a good read.
babybirdnoco's review against another edition
3.0
I received an advance copy of this book from Book of the Month and will post a full review closer to the release date.
nicolesanerd's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
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
4.5
billymac1962's review against another edition
3.0
This was sure shaping up to be a 5-star read for over 50% of this novel.
Michael Koryta can certainly hook you into a story with a great plot and characters you can care about, as he did in his terrific The Prophet.
The story starts off with a confession of "How it Happened", and FBI agent Rob Barrett, who specializes in confessions, sets off to validate the words of an imprisoned junkie.
Excellent plot developments pulled me along this story, but unfortunately things got a bit too convoluted once the drug angle became predominant. I also began to question the actions of a man who is willing to destroy his young career for the sake of finding answers that, frankly, won't bring anyone back or save anyone's life.
Anyways, the book did have a strong second-last chapter, but I'm ultimately disappointed with where the plot went for the last half.
Just a personal preference. I'll give this one 3 stars but I sure wish it kept my 5-star feel I had for half of it. When Koryta is jibing with me, it's excellent reading.
Michael Koryta can certainly hook you into a story with a great plot and characters you can care about, as he did in his terrific The Prophet.
The story starts off with a confession of "How it Happened", and FBI agent Rob Barrett, who specializes in confessions, sets off to validate the words of an imprisoned junkie.
Excellent plot developments pulled me along this story, but unfortunately things got a bit too convoluted once the drug angle became predominant. I also began to question the actions of a man who is willing to destroy his young career for the sake of finding answers that, frankly, won't bring anyone back or save anyone's life.
Anyways, the book did have a strong second-last chapter, but I'm ultimately disappointed with where the plot went for the last half.
Just a personal preference. I'll give this one 3 stars but I sure wish it kept my 5-star feel I had for half of it. When Koryta is jibing with me, it's excellent reading.
kdpaynt's review against another edition
4.0
not many books START with the confession, but that’s exactly what Michael Koryta did here. it was a lot of fun to go along with detective Barrett to prove the confession, my only issue is more people deserved a happy ending. I get it to a certain extent, but killing off basically everyone except the “bad guy” and the “hero” is kinda boring, there could have been the best redemption arc specifically for our confessor.
gofrisch's review against another edition
4.0
4 1/2 out of 5. Really great mystery with excellent closure and a twist. Will definitely read more of this author.
naomistrange's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
mmc6661's review against another edition
4.0
Michael Koryta is fastly becoming one of my favorite suspense Authors. His newest had me turning pages till the very end!
Kimberly Crepeaux, a well known heroin addict in a small town confesses to a cold case murder of a local girl and her sweetheart from years ago. In comes Rob Barrett an FBI investigator who specializes in telling whether a someone is telling the truth or not. Rob having local ties also, believes Kimberly's story and is determined to arrest the true killer. When the missing bodies turn up, not where she confessed they'd be and not killed in the same manner she claimed then everyone has questions. Rob now is left to admit he was wrong or risk his job. In the meantime if Kimberly is lying then what really happened and who is getting away with murder?
katemoxie's review against another edition
5.0
Edge of seat... thoroughly enjoyed this book! Warning: don't read the last 50 pages before trying to sleep.