Book three in the Max Carter series follows a similar arc as the first two (Tell Me Lies and Gone in Seconds). We start with an abducted child, in this case a teenager named Olivia, and quickly move into multiple suspects.
As with the first two books, the author does a good job of keeping the reader guessing. There are secrets to be revealed and lies to be unraveled – sometimes it seemed like more than usual.
I did like how each of the suspects had plausible reasons for the abduction. (Sometimes an author will just use any ploy to create drama – that’s one of the things I like about this series…that doesn’t happen here).
As I have mentioned in the past, writing reviews of crime novels is difficult for me because I hate spoilers. In an investigation that takes the course of the book, it’s hard to talk about details without giving away clues in the investigation.
And there’s the conundrum.
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Anyway, I thought that with this being the third book, the author did an admirable job of crafting the story so that both newcomers and those who have read the previous books could follow along fairly easily.
That being said, I could see where someone who hasn’t read the previous book might have a few issues, because Max’s relationship with his father continue in this book and (as with the last one) it does get a bit confusing.
But all in all, it’s another solid entry in this series. I would highly recommend starting from the beginning though, because you’ll have a much better understanding of Max. That will certainly enhance your enjoyment of the book.
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Author Bio:
Ed James is the author of multiple series of crime novels.
The bestselling DI Simon Fenchurch series is set in East London and published by Thomas & Mercer.
The self-published Scott Cullen series of Scottish police procedurals features a young Edinburgh Detective Constable investigating crimes from the bottom rung of the career ladder he’s desperate to climb. The first book, “Ghost in the Machine”, has been downloaded over 400,000 times, hitting both the Amazon UK & US top five.
The Craig Hunter books is a sister series to the Cullen novels, with a PTSD-suffering ex-squaddie now working as a cop investigating sexual abuse cases. With lots of slapstick and banter.
Ed lives in East Lothian, Scotland and writes full-time, but used to work in IT project management, where he filled his weekly commute to London by literally writing on planes, trains and automobiles.
