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A review by bergamotandbooks
The Finders: A Mystery by Jeffrey B. Burton
2.0
2 STARS
Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection. He trains dogs to hunt for the dead. Reid’s adopts a rescue dog with a mysterious past—a golden retriever named Vira. And when he begins training Vira as a cadaver dog, he comes to realize just how special the newest addition to his family truly is…
Suddenly, Reid and his prize pupil find themselves hurled into a taxing murder case, which will push them to their very limits. Paired with determined Chicago Police Officer Kippy Gimm, Mace must put all his trust in Vira's abilities to thwart a serial killer who has now set his sights on Mace himself.
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Okay, I wanted so badly to love this book. It has a little bit of everything in it: thrills, serial killers, dogs who sniff out dead bodies (!!)....but unfortunately something about it just didn't work for me. I think this was definitely a case of "it's me not the book" because I didn't have any major issues with the writing, plot or characters. However, this was fairly heavy on the police procedural aspect and I know that this is not something i usually enjoy (case and point, the 2 stars.) That being said, I did enjoy the small tidbits of cadaver science sprinkled in and I was rooting for Mace and Vira the whole time!
THE FINDERS is a well written, heart pounding police procedural that is guaranteed to hook many readers within the first few pages! Plus one of the main characters is a bad-ass corpse sniffing prodigy dog. What's not to love?!
Thank you to the author, Netgalley and the publisher for my ARC. THE FINDERS is out June 20th!
Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection. He trains dogs to hunt for the dead. Reid’s adopts a rescue dog with a mysterious past—a golden retriever named Vira. And when he begins training Vira as a cadaver dog, he comes to realize just how special the newest addition to his family truly is…
Suddenly, Reid and his prize pupil find themselves hurled into a taxing murder case, which will push them to their very limits. Paired with determined Chicago Police Officer Kippy Gimm, Mace must put all his trust in Vira's abilities to thwart a serial killer who has now set his sights on Mace himself.
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.
.
Okay, I wanted so badly to love this book. It has a little bit of everything in it: thrills, serial killers, dogs who sniff out dead bodies (!!)....but unfortunately something about it just didn't work for me. I think this was definitely a case of "it's me not the book" because I didn't have any major issues with the writing, plot or characters. However, this was fairly heavy on the police procedural aspect and I know that this is not something i usually enjoy (case and point, the 2 stars.) That being said, I did enjoy the small tidbits of cadaver science sprinkled in and I was rooting for Mace and Vira the whole time!
THE FINDERS is a well written, heart pounding police procedural that is guaranteed to hook many readers within the first few pages! Plus one of the main characters is a bad-ass corpse sniffing prodigy dog. What's not to love?!
Thank you to the author, Netgalley and the publisher for my ARC. THE FINDERS is out June 20th!