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dunnadam's review
5.0
A good addition to the series, I liked it better than the original, [b:Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery|13434511|Lake on the Mountain A Dan Sharp Mystery|Jeffrey Round|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387410910s/13434511.jpg|18936584].
Dan Sharp is in a better mood this time around, less old crank hitting the bottle and more likable detective/father. He's also less down about the city he lives in, Toronto, and these were my only two complaints about the last book.
The story reads well and it is nice to step back into this character's life. The mystery is a little too straightforward and then suddenly a little too convoluted. One person called by two names then becomes two people, then becomes three? Not sure how that happens. I think my math skills are a little off.
I liked hearing more about Ked, he seemed more real to me this time and I didn't get that he wasn't white last time for some reason. Ethnic diversity is also always good.
I also really liked the use of the Toronto Islands setting, I liked this more than the thousand islands setting previously.
I had a couple questions. I thought the preview at the end of Lake for this book indicated the initial warehouse fire was back in time, I seem to remember 2008. I haven't double checked but I remember thinking "Oh good, he gets to stay in Toronto as we're going back in time" and assuming he was moving to Vancouver as indicated at the end of the last book. Anyway, what happened to that as suddenly we're in the present.
Also the preview at the end of this book for the next book, [b:The Jade Butterfly: A Dan Sharp Mystery|20727356|The Jade Butterfly A Dan Sharp Mystery|Jeffrey Round|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1397431969s/20727356.jpg|40050819] doesn't mention Dan Sharp or any of the characters we know. I thought that maybe wasn't the best excerpt to use.
One more thing. On the Kindle version I read
there was
a problem with paragraph breaks. It only happens about 20 times or so. What I think happened is someone looked it over and it looked okay, maybe there was an end of page and when it continued they didn't notice the break was there. But when you change the size and screen to Kindle
it causes unexpected breaks
like this.
Next time change the font size and check the breaks again before publishing.
Dan Sharp is in a better mood this time around, less old crank hitting the bottle and more likable detective/father. He's also less down about the city he lives in, Toronto, and these were my only two complaints about the last book.
The story reads well and it is nice to step back into this character's life. The mystery is a little too straightforward and then suddenly a little too convoluted. One person called by two names then becomes two people, then becomes three? Not sure how that happens. I think my math skills are a little off.
I liked hearing more about Ked, he seemed more real to me this time and I didn't get that he wasn't white last time for some reason. Ethnic diversity is also always good.
I also really liked the use of the Toronto Islands setting, I liked this more than the thousand islands setting previously.
I had a couple questions. I thought the preview at the end of Lake for this book indicated the initial warehouse fire was back in time, I seem to remember 2008. I haven't double checked but I remember thinking "Oh good, he gets to stay in Toronto as we're going back in time" and assuming he was moving to Vancouver as indicated at the end of the last book. Anyway, what happened to that as suddenly we're in the present.
Also the preview at the end of this book for the next book, [b:The Jade Butterfly: A Dan Sharp Mystery|20727356|The Jade Butterfly A Dan Sharp Mystery|Jeffrey Round|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1397431969s/20727356.jpg|40050819] doesn't mention Dan Sharp or any of the characters we know. I thought that maybe wasn't the best excerpt to use.
One more thing. On the Kindle version I read
there was
a problem with paragraph breaks. It only happens about 20 times or so. What I think happened is someone looked it over and it looked okay, maybe there was an end of page and when it continued they didn't notice the break was there. But when you change the size and screen to Kindle
it causes unexpected breaks
like this.
Next time change the font size and check the breaks again before publishing.
suze_1624's review
4.0
A good second book, as Dan develops along with his band of family - son Ked, Trevor and Donny.
Dan’s latest misper turns up as a grisly murder which leads to some twists and turns - who is Gaelen, Little Boy Blue, Jags, the arsonist. And the whys, long abuse history making itself felt even years later.
And Dan trying to navigate his way through and around a potential cover up.
But just as everything was looking good for Dan, it all goes wrong at the end....will be getting the next instalment to see what happens.
Dan’s latest misper turns up as a grisly murder which leads to some twists and turns - who is Gaelen, Little Boy Blue, Jags, the arsonist. And the whys, long abuse history making itself felt even years later.
And Dan trying to navigate his way through and around a potential cover up.
But just as everything was looking good for Dan, it all goes wrong at the end....will be getting the next instalment to see what happens.
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