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Caribbean Moon (2000)

by Rick Murcer(Favorite Author)

3.48 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

series

Manny Williams

review 1: The first thing I learned in my journalism classes was show, don't tell, a lesson this author has not learned. He keeps telling the reader how smart and gifted Manny is, but what he shows the reader is a team of inept crime fighters. I was mostly liking this book because I kept thinking that even though this Peppercorn guy was the obvious suspect from the start, there must be some twist coming because otherwise these are the dumbest detectives ever. There was a twist, but it wasn't enough. This killer had an MO that they recognized before the trip even started. He killed the exact same way, but still they weren't sure who the killer was? And they had all seen this guy (and the doctor) before, but none of them recognized him? I get that there are disguises, but the author m... moreade a point of saying over and over how huge this guy is. You know Peppercorn is huge, you know it's the same MO, but you don't actively look for him, you don't try to confirm his whereabouts at any point, you don't find his picture in the passenger manifest?! The killers were ten steps ahead of these detectives the entire time and in the end, one of them escaped capture. Readers don't like that! We want the killer to get what's coming. We want detectives to actually solve and thwart crimes. I feel like the Scooby gang could have done a better job than these bumbling idiots.
review 2: This would have rated higher had it not been for the sheer and total stupidity of one of the characters, who, despite being aware that there was a killer on a vengeance mission, who obviously had knowledge of each of their habits, chose to stick to her routine and go for a run...ON HER OWN! Sorry, it was at this point that I felt the story fell apart from the tightly crafted drama at the beginning. less

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