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Fatal Decree (2013)

by H. Terrell Griffin(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1608090701 (ISBN13: 9781608090709)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Oceanview Publishing

series

Matt Royal Mystery

review 1: This isn't the first Matt Royal book I've read, and I enjoyed all the others I read, but this one was disappointing; it didn't measure up to the previous books in the series. The action read like an cheesy 80s movie; the dialogue was very cliche and stilted. It almost sounded like it was written by an over-eager high school freshman in a creative writing class. Every chapter ended with a "But little did we know..." or "But we never made it to..." to build suspense for the coming chapter, I guess. Unfortunately it didn't come. The plot itself was so convoluted as to be unbelievable and predictable. I don't know if this concept just petered out or what, but maybe it's time Matt and friends retired for good.
review 2: The setting in Griffin's latest Matt Royal ... morenovel is perfectly realized: a West Florida island not far from Sarasota. The characters are attractive and the general ambience is latter day Travis McGee. The plot starts out promising only to become incredibly complicated, weirdly motivated, and featuring a running plot feature that gets old: the friend of Matt's who is a killer for a hush hush federal agency and who just whacks people (usually off-stage) when the spirit moves him. There's also a lot of dare-we-=love-again-if-there's-a-chance-we-could-get-hurt stuff between Matt and his female pal, J.D. Having nitpicked a lot, it's still nice to read about a bunch of beach bums lazing away their days pleasantly while solving a crime or two. less

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