The second in the five part series featuring Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives, involves a story much darker and bloodier than the first. Where the first book took the two heroes to the streets for blood shed, and involved a heavily dark child abuse situation, book 2 is about a killer genius, and his plans to wreck the life of Patrick Kenzie.
Wow, Lehane knows how to take his characters to the bin, let them wallow around in it, and then beat them up some more. Some times it's hard to imagine how close these characters come to having a great day, love, or even a solid friendship before these things melt in their hands and leave scars.
One theme has run through both novels now, and that this the price for revenge. What is the toll in taking the own law into your hands? The protagonists deal with this, and deal with the sins of the fathers, regarding self appointed law makers.
There are some scenes in this book that work really, really well. It was another great installment in this series, and I look forward to getting to the third book as soon as I can get my hands on it. Lehane makes this whole machine work buy his wit, sarcasm and sense of pacing.
This book was originally pulped in 1997, but Geek 1 is just now getting around to reading it, cause in 97, he was trying to survive pre-calculus. I am trying to visit the new releases in my library, so I can get some more timely reviews thrown up on the sight. But you know how it is, only two eyes and all. Currently I am reading Duma Key, and Fighter. I will post them when I'm through.
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