James Patterson working with Richard DiLallo have started a new detective series starring French Police Detective Luc Moncreif. It is written as a short novella style book. The idea being that you can read it completely through in an hour or two.
Short quick read. A novella style book that introduces us to French Detective Luc Moncrief. He has left the Paris police at the height of his career to become a detective in New York City. The plot is written in a light breezy style sometimes first person and sometimes not. Moncrief is a young, handsome, happy go lucky cop who figures out who did by instinct. He is late for work and not really meticulous but in the end he solves the case anyway. He is working with a new partner who does things by the book. She wants to follow procedure. Accumulate information, put the facts in order, assembling the puzzle fitting each of the pieces. Moncreif explains, "Absolutely not, you sink into the case as if it were a warn bath, You sense the situation. You for the fingerprint of the crime itself." Moncreif feels that solutions come from listening and seeing small surprises. He believes in looking in the most unlikely places and talking to the least likely observers.
Of course in this mystery novel, though a few do get killed, in the end Moncrief solves the crime. It is a fun read that I was able to finish quickly. It has accomplished what it set out to do, give me a entertaining few hours and the feeling of accomplishment without leaving me in suspense because, Moncreif and I solved the case in an afternoon.
Patterson and DiLallo seem to have incredible imaginations, because of the volume of novels they turn out in record time on a very consistent basis. Amazing.
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