The silent crime
The book was a decent reading experience.The story developed well, and mostly sensibly.I seriously enjoyed this serial killer chiller, of a gruff burnt out cop disgusted at a legal system's corruptness and a new female detective, Considering the book opens on the main character, Jake, sleeping with a (much younger) woman whose name he forgot, it got off to a bad start to me in the feminism department. Then we meet Jake's new partner, Jo,all blonde hair and her physical attributes and things start to change in terms of him and feminism. However, I still feel like this aspect is forced, in an "I'll only respect women who are hot/who are doing something for me" kind of way. As they try to catch a vigilante nicknamed The Hangman.
The crime aspect in this was also forced to the side as we faced more of the character's personal problems, and it was sometimes hard to remember this was a gory crime novel. However, this does not seem to be done to make the reader feel more comfortable or to lighten the story.The injustices are carried out by so many in the justice system it will be hard to figure out who's next.
The cliffhanger makes it a less than average read because of less of clues and corruption and power shifting in the station politics.
Guilty crime
The authors surely know how to tell the story, you don't feel bored at any point. It's just that the whole book stands on the shoulders of the Hangman. Michael Young fails to impress as a proper villain, he's no one in front of the Hangman.
With new victims in his sights, the Hangman will stop at nothing to get his revenge, even if it means dragging Detective Jake Thomas down with him. After making it personal, Jake is even more hellbent on solving the case, even if it means delaying his early retirement.
But when his only informant skips town and Jake finds most of the truth has been buried, not only with missing case files but in his own mind, can he and Detective Jo Calloway unlock the clues they need to bring the Hangman to justice before Chief O’Connor becomes the next victim. we finally found out who The Hangman was and his reason for his unleashed vengeance.
Jake and Jo have finally understood that there's something between them, but I'm not much excited. Probably the only thing interesting could be how Jake is connected to the Hangman.
Hidden crime
While you were reading this series and just going with the flow, they were good. They had all the makings of a good crime thriller, with a really clever plot line to back it all up. The idea of corruption and injustice was really interesting and the way that played into the murders was like nothing I had read before.
Just when you think its safe to go back home and resume your life...that really should have been the motto to live by here. Once again, the Hangman is two steps ahead of everyone else. More interaction between Jo and her father (the senator) and a fat dose of her brother Kyle. Still love the chemistry between Jo and Jake, but Jake is being an idiot in this book so I was a little frustrated with him.
I thought the author ran out of storyline, so he turned this book into hardcore smut just to fill the pages. There was also so much back and forth romantic innuendo between Jake and Jo that I just shook my head and skipped over it in this book