Devlin Pool

by Ken F. Stewart

Devlin Pool is the story of a murder in the Geraldton/Greenough region of Western Australia and the ensuing police investigation. Set against this contemporary crime are the nineteenth-century murders of sailors who had been involved in a robbery at sea and the massacre of Aboriginals in the area. Barney Merrick and Zep Marcon, two Geraldton detectives, encounter a bikie feud and Aboriginal rights issues as they try to solve the killing, during the period of the frenzy of a local football Grand Final.

244 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 29, 2013

Reviews

[Kim Lockhart · Rating 2 out of 5]

Devlin Pool is a Police Procedural set in Western Australia. The plot is decent enough, and Australia is always interesting, so the story has some positives going for it. in the midst of the murder mysteries, Aboriginal rights are treated with great respect, which is always a relief.

What the story lacks: character development. The scenes and action unfold clearly, but there's little depth. Overt sexism is presented as completely normal, which seems puzzling. And, Boy Howdy is there a lot of subjective opinionated spin by the narrator, along with some truly unbelievable dialogue. 

Others may enjoy this book more than I did. For me, the flaws outweighed the positives.

I would like to thank Xilibris Publishers and Goodreads Giveaways for a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

[JG · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am still half way of the book and this is amazing. Hope this can be adapted into a movie

[Allyson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

[Bre3924 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peaked Interest

Started out capturing my attention but as the story developed it became too many competing events to keep up with.