Marcos Villatoro
Autore di Minos: A Romilia Chacon Novel (Romilia Chacon Mysteries)
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1952-02-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- San Francisco, California, USA
Rogersville, Tennessee, USA
Davenport, Iowa, USA
Nueva Segovia, Nicaragua
Guatemala
Los Angeles, California, USA - Istruzione
- St. Ambrose University
University of Iowa (MA/English Literature)
Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA) - Attività lavorative
- professor
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 14
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 135
- Popolarità
- #150,831
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 25
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 1
This is a hard-boiled crime novel with an interesting female lead. It’s number four in the Romilia Chacon series, but I have not read any of the other books. There is a lot of back story referenced in this book, so I didn’t feel lost. I also don’t feel any desire to go read the rest of the books.
Romilia clearly has significant issues and it seems that she is not doing a very good job of dealing with her previous traumas. I find it hard to believe that she could effectively function (and so successfully) given her heavy drinking and
The book includes a sample chapter from Book # 5 in the series, and I can see immediately that the story continues with some of the same characters, and one “surprise” that I had already figured out.
In summary – it’s a gripping mystery, with many twists and turns, a violent sicko serial killer, and a psychologically damaged yet still strong female lead detective. There’s plenty of action to keep the reader turning pages, but I’m left somewhat dissatisfied.… (altro)