27 Bones

Book Details

Library

Author

Jonathan Nasaw

Category

Mystery/Thriller

Editor

Reference #

Contributor

Location

Translator

Status

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Owner

Country

Great Britain

Personal

Language

Read it

Yes

Year Published

2004

Date Read

11/05/2006

ISBN

0743231597

Personal Rating

 4/10

LCCN

Purchase

Edition

Purchase Date

Printing

Acquired from 

Marlborough Library

Binding

Bookclub Edition

Price

$0.80

Pages

360

Value

$0.00

Overview

Although officially retired, ex-Special Agent Pender can't ignore a plea for help from an old friend - especially when there's an all-expenses-paid vacation in the Caribbean attached.

Three corpses have been found on the island of St Luke - with one thing in common: the victims' right hands have been severed at the wrist. Desperate not to damage the island's flourishing tourist industry, St Luke's chief of police needs Pender's help to catch the killer they call the 'Machete Man' before he strikes again.

In the course of his long police career, Pender has encountered some dangerously warped and vicious criminals - but the truth behind the identity of the 'Machete Man' is stranger and more horrifying than anything he's come across before...

Comment

Retired cop asked to help catch a deranged serial killer - I was expecting a fairly predictable book, and I got it.

Pender is very much infallible, complete with an obesity problem and a preference for Jim Beam. He falls for a woman with a secret, and guesses exactly what is going on fairly early on.

Lewis is the unbalanced sap who gets in way over his head, while the Epps and their companion Bennie seem to ooze an evil vibe that everyone who comes into contact with them seem completely oblivious to.

This was a light read, and despite several spelling mistakes, was enjoyable enough without demanding too much thinking.