Title: A nasty little pustule of a book
Review: Although Jack Daniels is an appealing, witty main character, I could not help but feel that I was reading a commercial "product" rather than a book. The repartee between Jack and her partner is great, but the plot, the criminal, the crimes and the structure are hackneyed, formulaic, and well beyond sensationalistic.The obvious ripoff on Stephanie Plum makes me give the book a low grade.The graphic depiction of sadism makes me reject it completely.How about subtlety? How about suggestion?It is a nasty little pustule of a book.Also, as a former galley checker, the research is bad. There are places and street locations that show that Ms. Konrath doesn't own a Chicago street guide. That is just plain lazy.
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