How in the world am I supposed to believe that O’Laughlin is narrating things like his own almost-death!? And I never really understand a FPPT story that then has an epilogue…? The story is written in first-person present-tense, which I hate in general, and especially hate in a thriller. (But I’m sure that will be a complaint for that future book.) Mild spoiler, I was pleased to get to the end and see O’Laughlin and his wife working through their difficulties, but the book-flap of a later book mentions that he is struggling through a divorce, so I am sad to hear that, once again, we will have a situation where a happily married couple just can’t make it work any more, because apparently people don’t know how to work through their troubles like adults. He’s not afraid to say when he’s been wrong, and I liked the way that he grew as a person throughout – he is very self-assured in the beginning, and it was good to see him willing to look at his possible blind spots. On the whole, O’Laughlin comes across as likable. He is surprised to find that she is not, after all, a stranger to him… Through a series of events, O’Laughlin is asked to examine the body. Struggling to come to grips with the news, he makes a mistake that will definitely come back to haunt him. However, O’Laughlin has just discovered that he is in the early stages of Parkinson’s. He has a comfortable practice, a beautiful wife, and an adorable daughter, and, on the whole, a contented life.
The narrator is O’Laughlin himself, a middle-aged psychiatrist. Still, I didn’t dislike it, and was interested to read another of Robotham’s books. While I found it to be an engaging read, I never really connected with the protagonist. I read another Robotham book this summer (a stand-alone), Life or Death. My next mystery series is the Joseph O’Laughlin series by Michael Robotham, first brought to my attention by FictionFan, who has reviewed several books from this series, including Suspect. Now that I’ve finished the Amanda Jaffe series, I’m ready to delve into something new. The Aroma of Books //Rants//Raves//Reviews// Pargeter, Edith (also writing as Ellis Peters).Mertz, Barbara (also writing as Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels).Christie, Agatha (also writing as Mary Westmacott).Children’s History: Landmark, Signature Biographies, and We Were There.#BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo (Litsy Challenge).
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