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TravelersWife4Life (31 KP) rated Network of Deceit in Books

Feb 22, 2021

Network of Deceit

Tom Threadgill | 2021 | Crime, Mystery

9.0

(1 Ratings)

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Great Deductive Reasoning

Detective Amara Alvarez from the SAPD (San Antonio Police Department) Homicide brings us a great new case in Network of Deceit. From the first page, I was hooked on this story. I was a big fan of Collision of Lies the first book in this stand-alone series, for the character development Tom Threadgill uses, and how he walks us through the case just as if we were there asking the questions to figure out the case right along Detective Alvarez. Detective Alvarez has a light sense of humor, and she is a bit of a quirky character take this for instance: “[Detective Alvarez] heading home to Larry, her three-foot-long pet iguana”. I also love Tom Threadgill’s use of dry sarcastic humor and wit in the conversations between Detective Alvarez and Detective Jeremiah “Starsky” Peckham is it fun to read and adds another layer to the story.

This particular case was rife with speculation, suspense, and unanswered questions that left me guessing until the end. A true mystery in every sense of the word. We are shown every step in the case and it is not tv fast paced, it is realistic. Tom Threadgill gives accurate timelines for the turnaround on things like autopsy reports and toxicology reports, unlike most tv shows. I also really enjoyed the cybercrime aspects of the story and I thought that it was explained in an easy-to-understand way for anyone, even if you do not have any previous knowledge of cybercrimes.

I would suggest that you go back and read Collision of Lies before this one as it gives you more background on the characters and you would have a better understanding of the case the previous book covers that is mentioned a few times in this one. But this one can be read as a stand-alone since the whole case is started and wrapped up in this book. Overall, I truly loved this book, and the way Tom Threadgill moved the case along, and I am looking forward to what other adventures that Detective Alvarez takes me on. 5 out of 5 stars.

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Chelsea (166 KP) rated Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Season 3 in TV

Oct 15, 2018

This is this isn’t specific to season 3 but this show is just so good!! All the characters are great and hilarious. There are so many detective shows on tv but none like this one. Cool cool cool cool cool ?

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Chloe G Walker (7 KP) rated Perfect Prey in Books

Nov 19, 2018

Perfect Prey

Helen Fields | 2017 | Crime

8.3

(4 Ratings)

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Oh my days a must read !!! Completely out the box different to the usual detective thriller. Had me guessing the whole way through. Be warned though the level of gore is not held back. (0 more)

Could be quite graphic at points. (0 more)

Amazing

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David McK (3562 KP) rated The Maltese Falcon in Books

Jan 28, 2019

Another classic detective novel, this time with the mystery on two (at least) tiers: the central concept of the whole story (The Maltese Falcon), and just how the morally ambiguous Sam Spade is going to react in any given situation!