One Fatal Night-Blog Tour (Review)-Psych Thriller-Available Now

I have mixed feelings about this book. The premise was good, but it lacked clarity in execution.

I liked the set up – heroine (Astrid) out to avenge her mother’s death gets close to the person she suspects of killing her mother. I mean, who can’t go for a good revenge story? Unfortunately for Astrid, her plan is not as simple as she hopes it to be. The deeper she goes, the more she realizes that what she thinks she knows may not be accurate.

I thought the characters were interesting. None of them exactly fit the stereotype (vengeful woman, suave billionaire, henchman) they represented; each of them had a few different traits that kept them from being caricatures.

The plot was decent. It was fairly tight. While I wouldn’t exactly call it a page-turner, it did keep moving along. There was a definite noir feel to it that I enjoyed.

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Where I thought it faltered, however, was in the actual telling of the story itself. I got the distinct feeling that the author’s native language was not English (or this was a translation) because a lot of the dialogue seemed very stilted. This resulted in sometimes awkward exchanges between characters. At times, this was distracting.

It was also very short; took me just over an hour to read it. On the one hand that’s a good thing because it really did speed along and came to a rapid conclusion. On the other hand, it felt like there could have been more meat on the bones of the story, more details to flesh it out.

If you’re looking for a quick read with an interesting plot in a foreign setting, this one is definitely for you.