Cuando Patrick conoció a Karen Nichols le llamó la atención que se tratara del tipo de persona que suele planchar los calcetines, es decir, una persona desde todo punto de vista impecable, que desconoce la tragedia.
Sin embargo, seis meses más tarde, Karen se suicida al saltar desde uno de los monumentos más apreciados de Boston. Patrick se pregunta qué pudo impulsar a una persona como Karen a tan drástica y trágica decisión, y lo que empieza siendo simple curiosidad pronto se convierte en una obsesión... Su confusión aumenta cuando descubre que durante los últimos meses de la vida de Karen su prometido muere en un accidente, ella pierde su trabajo, su piso y finalmente la cabeza, y lo que parecía al principio pura coincidencia acaba por ser una historia terrible.
Con la ayuda de su antigua compañera y amante, Angela Gennaro, y de su totalmente desequilibrado amigo, Bubba Rogowski, Patrick empieza a tomar parte en un peligro juego de persecución de un hombre que, en lugar de matar a sus víctimas prefiere hacerles desear estar muertas.

First read: 4.5 stars.

Really enjoyed this one. Lots of action, lots of bad to very bad people, though sometimes it was hard to know who the bad guys actually were. I was a little disappointed at times when Patrick Kenzie seemed to make somewhat dumb or naive errors, but I suppose it makes it more real when the heroes aren't perfect. He's pretty good, though, and I enjoy his wisecracks, along with some of the other characters. I also like his childhood friend, Bubba, who is a good friend to have in a pinch. And a bad enemy to have at any time. His first inclination is to just kill someone he doesn't like, and if you mistreat dogs... watch out.

There were a lot of twists and turns throughout the book, starting with an extremely nice, sweet woman who goes downhill so fast and so far, it makes no sense. And that's the story - how did it happen? You'll have to read the book to find out.

Second read: 5 stars, because now I know the lead-in and the characters.

I think I enjoyed it more the 2nd time. I don't usually reread books, but for some reason, I read this before I got in to the series. After reading the series from the beginning, I really enjoyed it, and didn't remember any details for this one. It had some of the usual plot twists, and the one at the end was a bit unsatisfying, and somewhat hard to believe, or at least understand how it could happen that way. Still, it was a great read, and well, it is fiction so being hard to believe doesn't have to be an impediment.
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I took a Lehane break after Gone, Baby, Gone. I needed to read lighter books with stories that didn't make me feel like breaking down or getting angry because of stupid laws that make children's lives miserable.

But I decided to read the next one when I saw that I need to return the Lehane books I had at home to the library. I could return them and then borrow them again but I thought what the heck lets at least read this one!

Anyway, this book was a lot easier to read, the story is good, really good, just a hell of a lot lighter than Gone, Baby Gone, that doesn't mean that the story was fluffy and sweet, just that I could read it and it didn’t make me furious or sad. Well, the part with the dog hit me hard. But Bubba showed in the end what he feels about people hurting dogs.

It's a fast read, as always with Lehan's books. I feel the same way when I read Harlan Coben. Suddenly you are halfway through the book and you just started it. The reason I didn’t give it 5 stars, in the end, was because the ending was a bit predictable. It just wasn't that surprising, it was more an “ of course it has to be this way” not an “ OMG WTF?” a moment. He must have had a partner, he couldn't do everything by himself and where did he get the information, it was a logical ending, but not a perfect mind-blowing ending like Darkness Take My Hand. ( )

I took a Lehane break after Gone, Baby, Gone. I needed to read lighter books with stories that didn't make me feel like breaking down or getting angry because of stupid laws that make children's lives miserable.

But I decided to read the next one when I saw that I need to return the Lehane books I had at home to the library. I could return them and then borrow them again but I thought what the heck lets at least read this one!

Anyway, this book was a lot easier to read, the story is good, really good, just a hell of a lot lighter than Gone, Baby Gone, that doesn't mean that the story was fluffy and sweet, just that I could read it and it didn’t make me furious or sad. Well, the part with the dog hit me hard. But Bubba showed in the end what he feels about people hurting dogs.

It's a fast read, as always with Lehan's books. I feel the same way when I read Harlan Coben. Suddenly you are halfway through the book and you just started it. The reason I didn’t give it 5 stars, in the end, was because the ending was a bit predictable. It just wasn't that surprising, it was more an “ of course it has to be this way” not an “ OMG WTF?” a moment. He must have had a partner, he couldn't do everything by himself and where did he get the information, it was a logical ending, but not a perfect mind-blowing ending like Darkness Take My Hand. ( )

Som vanligt när man sitter med en Lehane bok så är det oerhört välskrivet och levande berättat. Tyvärr är historien blek och det tar nästan halva boken innan man får uppleva någon sorts pulsökning. Bra men inte exceptionellt. ( )