Book 24 is Blindsighted written by Karin slaughter and published by Arrow Books and is available to buy from both amazon and play.comNow first off I must say sorry for the lack of reviews, I've now finished my first book and am at the editing stage (which is harder than I thought it would be) so I should be getting everything back on track from now on.
Blindsighted wasn't the first of Karin Slaughters books that I've read, that was Fractured and then Martin misunderstood. They are the reason I bought the rest of the 'Grant County' series (Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint cold fear, Indelible, faithless and beyond reach a.k.a Skin Privilege).
After reading the blurb on the back of the book, I hoped that they were going to live up to the praise, even though very few books manage it.
I started reading and it reminded me of some of the early books in the Alex Cross series by James Patterson (I should explain, I love the Alex Cross series and a fair few of the other James Patterson books. So when I read something like this its those that I compare them against.)
I have to be honest though, they're not the easiest to read, not because of the content of the story or the descriptions within but the actual style of writing, more so when the characters are talking. The she said and he said parts of the conversation come before the character have said anything. Its not bad once you get used to it but it does halt the flow when reading, for me at least; because sometimes I don't know without checking the line I've just read who it was that was either speaking or about to speak.
The story takes place over 7 days and is divided up into days within the book. Sara Linton works as pediatrician and coroner in Heartsdale Georgia. Being the coroner she has to work with her ex husband the local police chief Jeffrey Tolliver even though they were divorced two years earlier after she caught him with another woman.
After going for lunch with her Tessa, her sister. To a local diner Sara goes to the bathroom and finds the mutilated body of Sibyl Adams. Sister of Lena Adams who is one of Jeffrey Tollivers best detectives.
The story follows the roller coaster of the emotions of the characters involved as well as bringing it to a thundering conclusion. In much the same way as books in the 'Alex Cross' series.
All in all its a decent story and I did enjoy it, and others from the series that I have since gone on to read.
It's not a bad book by any stretch of the imagination but its not as good as fractured which is to be expected as Karin Slaughter has developed her skills over the intervening years. I'm not 100% sure if I'd recommend this book with the same verve as I would Fractured and Martin Misunderstood but I would still say its a decent read.
