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'An unnerving conspiracy...Exhilarating stuff'
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In Scott Frost's outstanding third novel for Headline, Lieutenant Alex Delillo is embroiled in the sinister disappearance of an ex-LAPD officer last seen in war-ravaged Iraq.
Cathy Salem is desperate for Lieutenant Alex Delillo's help. Her husband, Jack, an ex-LAPD officer now working for a private security firm, has officially been listed as missing after he failed to return home from an eleven-month placement in Iraq. Cathy knows that he is in hiding in the States but it is all too apparent that he is too scared to come home. Her only clue to his whereabouts is a package sent by him to her, posted in Trona in Death Valley, with a letter inside it addressed to Alex. Alex barely remembers Jack Salem. They met once years ago and have never spoken since. Aware of Cathy's distress but unable to see how she can help, Alex nevertheless agrees to look into Jack's disappearance. It is only when Cathy herself vanishes and Alex is nearly run off the road whilst following a lead as to Jack's whereabouts, that she realises that this goes far beyond a simple missing persons case...
Cathy Salem is desperate for Lieutenant Alex Delillo's help. Her husband, Jack, an ex-LAPD officer now working for a private security firm, has officially been listed as missing after he failed to return home from an eleven-month placement in Iraq. Cathy knows that he is in hiding in the States but it is all too apparent that he is too scared to come home. Her only clue to his whereabouts is a package sent by him to her, posted in Trona in Death Valley, with a letter inside it addressed to Alex. Alex barely remembers Jack Salem. They met once years ago and have never spoken since. Aware of Cathy's distress but unable to see how she can help, Alex nevertheless agrees to look into Jack's disappearance. It is only when Cathy herself vanishes and Alex is nearly run off the road whilst following a lead as to Jack's whereabouts, that she realises that this goes far beyond a simple missing persons case...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There was great potential here with some good back-page ingredients - the Iraq War, hints of the misappropriation of funds, numbers of senseless murders and the disappearance of a policeman.
Unfortunately, it all ends up being a very shallow tale as a female cop (Lieutenant Alex Delillo) chases clues. Why she gets involved and takes time off work still escapes me as she has no connection with the circumstances or people involved. But she hops here and there always finding trouble and difficulties. And then it all fizzles out after her last chase.
The characters are lifeless and the mooted scandals have no depth to them making it all a very dry novel which is not saved by Frost's writing style.
All in all, a very pedestrian story which promises much more than it delivers.
Unfortunately, it all ends up being a very shallow tale as a female cop (Lieutenant Alex Delillo) chases clues. Why she gets involved and takes time off work still escapes me as she has no connection with the circumstances or people involved. But she hops here and there always finding trouble and difficulties. And then it all fizzles out after her last chase.
The characters are lifeless and the mooted scandals have no depth to them making it all a very dry novel which is not saved by Frost's writing style.
All in all, a very pedestrian story which promises much more than it delivers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book to be both interesting and frightening, in the sense that you can almost imagine that there are states and cities around the where world this kind of thing can happen. People kill for no other reason than because they can. They might say its to protect and serve but ITS BECAUSE THEY CAN. Scott Frost take you to the edge and keep you there dangling while he plays havoc with your imagination. You root for the good guy - constantly
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When Lieutenant Alex Delillo of the Pasadena PD receives a late night call from a man who says "I saw a boy on a bicycle vanish in a flash of light " the voice is vaguely familiar but unable to identify it she dismisses it. But some days later she receives a visitor - Cathy Salem who wants Alex to find her husband. Jack Salem an ex LAPD Officer now working for a private security firm who went to Iraq to discover who had killed his friend, but he has not returned home after his eleven-month placement. According to his wife, Jack remembered Alex from a meeting some years previous, but Alex can barely remembers him. However, given Cathy's distress Alex agrees to look into Jack's disappearance.
The only clue she has to go on is a package sent by Jack to Cathy, post marked Trona in Death Valley. Her trip to Trona is a harrowing experience, that throws her sense of being into chaos. And she realises that this is not just a missing person case but something she should walk away from, but can she, when she feels her very essence has been undermined?
Whilst a fast paced thriller this book is also a poignant story of the casualties of the war in Iraq, and not only of the dead but also of the living. One sentence stood out for me said by a man struggling with the faces of the dead which he has photographed and stuck on his wall - he says " The problem is that they don't know that they're dead. I've tried to explain it to them, but they won't ...listen."
Very Highly recommended.
The only clue she has to go on is a package sent by Jack to Cathy, post marked Trona in Death Valley. Her trip to Trona is a harrowing experience, that throws her sense of being into chaos. And she realises that this is not just a missing person case but something she should walk away from, but can she, when she feels her very essence has been undermined?
Whilst a fast paced thriller this book is also a poignant story of the casualties of the war in Iraq, and not only of the dead but also of the living. One sentence stood out for me said by a man struggling with the faces of the dead which he has photographed and stuck on his wall - he says " The problem is that they don't know that they're dead. I've tried to explain it to them, but they won't ...listen."
Very Highly recommended.
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