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A review by toellandback
The Patient by Tim Sullivan
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Book three in the DS George Cross series begins with a distraught mother who is convinced that the recent death of her daughter -Flick - is not suicide as has been recorded. Cross - the brilliant unique on-the-spectrum detective - pledges to look into it and believes that the mother could actually be correct.
I love this series with Cross going against hunches and feelings and needing to follow evidence and facts while his colleagues can only watch and learn in admiration. His quirks are a combination of annoyance and surprise to those around him as he aims to uncover exactly what has happened to Flick.
There are some matters in the story that are going to split readers and a couple of genuinely moving moments and one in particular will be interesting to see how it's developed.
Fast paced, a bit different but highly recommended and engrossing.
I love this series with Cross going against hunches and feelings and needing to follow evidence and facts while his colleagues can only watch and learn in admiration. His quirks are a combination of annoyance and surprise to those around him as he aims to uncover exactly what has happened to Flick.
There are some matters in the story that are going to split readers and a couple of genuinely moving moments and one in particular will be interesting to see how it's developed.
Fast paced, a bit different but highly recommended and engrossing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide