Far From True by Linwood Barclay, a man who is described by Stephen King as ‘A suspense master’. The chapters deal rapidly from one part of the plot to another with the interchange of personnel and then a chapter ends. You are left suspended and is there another tragedy coming? There is so much to absorb and the fact that he has three books linked together is a substantial reason why the pages contain stacks of detail. You have to keep up.
Now back to Far From True. I gave myself a couple of days break after Broken Promise before picking up the second book in his trilogy. I needed it, because he introduced more new characters and in different circumstances. Where was he taking me now? And that was only the start for later we have more ‘meat’ thrown at the reader. It is enthralling. There was a small portion of sex in the previous story and now it is a major theme.
Characters run through these pages and drive the book onwards. There are many authors who have ‘super heroes’ - of either gender - who are flawed but can work tirelessly with only a modicum of rest. That idea seems to suit the writer and that one ‘super cop’ limits the need for other investigators. I suppose that is something we can acclimatize to and does it tend to spoil the telling? I suppose not, because after all the writing is what really matters and this master story teller does all of that.
I never plot spoil, but if you decide to read the book anyway do not look inside the front cover unless you want to know something about it before you start. But you don't need to.
And still the third part to go.
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