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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  kraaivrouw | Nov 21, 2009 |  A well written interesting story. I think that his main character Devlin is well drawn and likeable, but there are just too many characters. When I got to the end I didn't remember anything about one of the characters (a very vital character), so I was left confused. I do like the way McGilloway writes,and will try the next in the series to see if he matures as a writer. (  ) libsue | Aug 18, 2009 | A 4MA discussion book. For some reason, it didn't quite click with me. bfister | Jul 29, 2009 | Inspector Benedict Devlin heads up the investigation of series of murders that begin with the death of a 16 year-old girl. The book has a good developing plot but too many characters. It was hard to keep up with who was who. The ending wrapped up in a nice dialogue on 1-2 pages as it was too complex to play out, I guess? ( ) FMRox | May 21, 2009 | A well written police procedural is one of the reasons I'm so addicted to crime fiction. A good police procedural will introduce you to the police,take you by the land and lead you through their investigation as they unearth clues by interviewing people, sifting the evidence and following leads. There will be a careful balance of detecting and learning about the lives of the detectives. If the author has done the job properly s/he doesn't deliberately hold back clues or have the the detectives catch the culprit in the act, just two pages before the end. In his first novel, BORDERLANDS, Brian McGilloway has succeeded in all of the above. He has also avoided producing a door stop of a book. At just 227 pages, BORDERLAND doesn't muck about. You're straight into the story with no unnecessary padding. It's something I wish more authors would try to achieve. If, like me, you enjoy police procedurals, you can't go wrong with BORDERLANDS. I look forward to reading more of McGilloway's writing. ( ) sunniefromoz | May 13, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
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I like police procedurals and this is a good one made even more interesting to me because of its setting. Borders are interesting places and border towns even more so as the people on each side spill over and influence each other. There is a perpetual sense of ambiguity that makes these places transgressive and McGilloway definitely captures that.
Benedict Devlin has the potential to be a recurring police character who will be worth reading about. He carries his own set of ambiguities that will make him interesting to read. I like that he's not a super cop - sometimes he's competent and sometimes the obvious flies by, but he keeps on banging away at the problem until he gets some resolution.
There are interesting secondary characters here, as well, as plenty of twists and turns. All in all a good read and a good first outing. (