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A review by rly18
Sunrise Highway by Peter Blauner
4.0
This story pits young NYPD detective, Lourdes Robles, against not only a serial killer but also an entire police department that's awash in lies, scandals and secrets galore. The prologue pulled me in immediately as we meet a young girl banging on the door of a house in the middle of a deserted neighborhood during Hurricane Sandy. She's got handcuffs hanging from her wrists and she's begging and pleading for help before "someone" tracks her back down and kills her. Is she saved? Well, of course you'll have to read because the story jumps to a different time and we slowly begin to meet the key players involved in a story that's laid out as an intricate web of conspiracies, bad guys everywhere you turn, and lots of secrets.
What I loved about this book was the fact that Blauner didn't mess around with manipulations, we know who the bad guys are but what we don't know is just who exactly is involved with all the murders and how (if at all) they'll be taken down. The shining character for me was definitely Lourdes. She was tough, authentic and never intimidated by the good ol boys club she was up against. The story is told in alternating timelines starting in 1977 and shifting to 2017 until, by the end, the past storyline coincides with present day. I'm so on board with this type of structure and have to say Blauner kept me on my reading toes because I had no idea how this was going to end. Overall, this was a dark, gritty read.
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What I loved about this book was the fact that Blauner didn't mess around with manipulations, we know who the bad guys are but what we don't know is just who exactly is involved with all the murders and how (if at all) they'll be taken down. The shining character for me was definitely Lourdes. She was tough, authentic and never intimidated by the good ol boys club she was up against. The story is told in alternating timelines starting in 1977 and shifting to 2017 until, by the end, the past storyline coincides with present day. I'm so on board with this type of structure and have to say Blauner kept me on my reading toes because I had no idea how this was going to end. Overall, this was a dark, gritty read.
You can find all my reviews at www.itsbooktalk.com