If Angels Fall

Angenehm furztrocken daherkommender Thriller über die Jagd nach einem Kindermörder und -entführer, in dem endlich, ENDLICH einmal keine einzige Zeile an irgendwelche nervigen und ausgelutschten Techtelmechtel zwischen Ermittler/in und Journalist/in (und welche Konstellationen es da noch gibt) verschwendet wird! Hallelujah! Stattdessen wird recherchiert und ermittelt, während den Protagonisten ihr Leben unter dem Hintern wegbricht und die Stimmung zunehmend gereizter wird. Zum Finale hin bin ich förmlich auf der Sofakante sitzend durch die Story gehechelt, da war nix mehr mit weglegen und abends weiterlesen. Selbst die relativ häufig zu findenden Tippfehler konnten da nix mehr ausbremsen. Klare Empfehlung für kleines Geld, die 89 show more Cent waren gut angelegt! show less

Tom Reed, a reporter disgraced for his handling of a child abduction story a year ago, finds himself in the midst of a new child abduction story and hesitates to report his suspicions because of the prior debacle. But what he knows may be the key to stopping a child predator who’s set his sights on more children.

While the story holds the reader’s interest, the telling of the tale is largely expositional and there’s some frustratingly ad nauseam repetition. Unfortunately, there is no suspense; there are no unexpected plot twists. Astute readers will easily see what’s coming, especially since several of the characters fall victim to “too dumb to live” moments that allow the bad thing to happen. And with all the perpetrators show more identified early on, there’s no whodunit suspense in this disturbingly dark tale of children in danger. show less

Well done thriller with excellent character development

I would probably have liked this book better if I had started the series with it instead of working backwards. It seemed to drag, but I think that was because I knew what was coming, and was anxious to get there.

The writing and editing are greatly improved in the other books I've read.