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Deadly Undertakings (2012)

by Gregg Luke(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1621080749 (ISBN13: 9781621080749)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Covenant

review 1: Not bad for a Mormon novel, but I'm not really fond of Mormon novels. It contained too much churchy stuff and too many descriptions of local places that were totally irrelevant to the plot and just annoyed me. A lot of people commented on the goriness level. I've read all the Kay Scarpetta books, so that part didn't bug me at all. The plot was a little weak. It was obvious to me the bad guy would either be the total jerk that you most suspect or the total hero that you least expect. It was also obvious that the main characters would live happily ever after, though I admit that there were a few twists that surprised me.I thought the last 1/4 of the book was the best, but in general it was a book I could put down at any time. Which isn't always bad...helps when I need... more to get to sleep at night :-) It wasn't a waste of time but I can't in good conscience give it more than two stars when comparing to all books and authors. Compared to other Mormon books, I'd give it more of a 3 or 4.
review 2: Rebekah Smith enjoys her job at the Medical Examiner's office, even though other people might not get why she likes it so much (her boyfriend's coworker calls her CK for "crypt keeper"). However, when her office starts receiving several bodies of centenarians who have been partially embalmed before their bodies were discovered, she enlists the help of her law enforcement boyfriend, Josh Logan, to help her solve the mystery. Unfortunately for Rebekah, she's up against a killer with a cause, and her interest in these cadavers just might prove deadly.The book was reasonably well written (there were a few typos), and the plot moved quickly. However, the book was not quite the mystery I envisioned; the reader discovers the murderer fairly quickly (several chapters are told from his point of view), so the book is more a suspense/thriller than a mystery. Genre quibbles aside, I didn't connect terribly well to the characters--Josh and Rebekah alternated between witty banter and serious, medical terminology, and although they both had serious struggles in their past, they never quite felt real to me. I find it interesting that a lot of reviewers (on Goodreads) mention that this book is "creepy." Now, I'm the kind of person who had to have her husband pre-screen Buffy the Vampire Slayer, because I do not do creepy or tense well--but I didn't have a problem with the book. Maybe that's because I wasn't super emotionally invested in the characters? I also found the clinical/medical descriptions the most interesting part of the book. less

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