It starts as you may wish a good crime story begins: ´The body swung from a crossbeam.´ With the crime expectations set high, the passionate crime novel reader can only expect that the best is about to come.
But the corpse is just the beginning of an adventure in the world of underworld - both real and virtual. When Frankie Bain, a problematic schoolboy disappears, the stakes are even higher and the race against clock aims to find him - preferably alive.
The writing is precise, with a constant switch from POVs, with a knowledgeable focus on procedural details and a good flavor of cybercrime (which I always fancy). The revelations are calculated and appear at the right moment when you wish more than ever to know more about the pieces of the puzzle eventually leading towards a solution to this complex case. May be sometimes that the fast pace is taking you too far without spending too much time trying to understand one point of view or another,
There is a strong focus on sexuality but this is the frame within which the story unfolds, without any hint of vulgarity or excessive exploitation of the subject, in order to get more superficial attention. It may considered a risky choice, but the smart writing and the well organised plot saves from risky approaches.
Although the book is part of a series, those meeting the investigative for the first time can easily go into the story, with no necessary background required. Definitely, they would be more than curious to try the other five novels, but this is another good written crime story to be told.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the blog tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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