this is a sadly a very traditionally written book that lacks quiet a bit of the unique touch to make it one of those books that you want to shove into peoples faces and tell them to read because its just nothing special or anything that anyone that has read crime books before hasn't seen/read before.

Its nicely written and well told... but there is just the unique piece that makes this book special missing.

still a nice crime read.

Sorry I was not able to read you book but it went to archive before I could get to it. Sorry once again.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

On Detective Matt Jones’s first night working Homicide in LA, he’s called to investigate a particularly violent murder case: a man has been gunned down in a parking lot off Hollywood Boulevard, his bullet-riddled body immediately pegged as the work of a serial robber who has been haunting the Strip for months. Driven by the grisliness of the killing, Jones and his hot-tempered partner, Denny Cabrera, jump headfirst into the investigation. But as Jones uncovers evidence that links the crime to a brutal, ritualized murder that occurred eighteen months prior, he begins to suspect that there’s more going on beneath the surface. When Jones discovers shocking, deep-seated corruption; a high-level cover-up; and his own personal ties to the rising body count, he’s no longer sure he can trust anyone, even himself.

*2.5 stars*

L.A. police procedurals - we have all read at least one. Usually we have read a really good one. And there are some pretty bad ones out there. This seems to fall in between the two.

I really had a hard time with this book - for a start: "Matt Jones" - could it have been any more a mundane name for a MC? Also, every time the story started to pick up some kind of pace, we were hit with another plot killer. It was like the author decided that he would try and shove everything you have ever read in crime fiction into one book...and it just makes this effort a little difficult to get through. Throw in some flat minor characters and dull action sequences, and this is not one I am going to recommend.


Paul
ARH