Johnny Delgado: Like Father, Like Son

Johnny Delgado: Private Detective

by Kevin Brooks

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Genres: Mystery

Paperback

First published July 22, 2006

About the author

Kevin Brooks was born in 1959 and grew up in Exeter, Devon, England. He studied Psychology and Philosophy at Birmingham, Aston University in 1980 and Cultural Studies in London in 1983. Kevin Brooks has been in a variety of jobs including: musician, gasoline station attendant, crematorium handyman, civil service clerk, hot dog vendor at the London Zoo, post office clerk, and railway ticket office clerk.

Kevin Brooks's writing career started with the publication of Martyn Pig in 2002 through The Chicken House which won the Branford Boase Award 2003 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He also wrote Lucas (2002) which was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and Booktrust Teenage Prize in 2003 also winning the North East Book Award in 2004.

In 2004 he published Kissing the Rain and Bloodline and I See You, Baby and Candy in 2005. In 2006 he published 3 books including: Johnny Delgado Series - Like Father, Like Son and Private Detective as well as The Road of the Dead; a standalone novel. In February 2008 he published the standalone book Black Rabbit Summer.

As a child, Kevin Brooks enjoyed reading detective novels. He writes most plots of the various books he has written around crime fiction. He likes mystery and suspence and enjoys putting both of those components into each and every story he writes in some shape or form.

Reviews

[Daniel Quinn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plot of this book is a young adult investigating his fathers murder by a big gang. Johnny, the main character, acts like a private detective to get him closer to solving this mystery. His estate, the Foster estate is no stranger to gangs and gang members, causing a lot of violence in the area which doesn't help him in his investigation. In my opinion, this book is good for teens with ok vocabulary range and they can handle violence. I found this book very interesting because it gives me a whole new perspective on gang violence and how prominent it can really be in small neighbourhoods. I feel like the book was too short however, and the storyline could've been extended.

[Neo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich bin nicht die Zielgruppe dieses Buches, aber ich habs innerhalb einer halben stunde durchgelesen und dafür wars gut.
Der Hauptcharakter ging mir nen bisschen auf den Sack und manche Szenen sind ein klein bisschen weird. Aber passt schon.

[Miaxan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. really interesting, thrilling and fast-paced. would reccomend

[Anton Mifsud · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a good plot and I really liked the setting in it, but I thought that because I haven't read the other books in the series that probally I didn't really understand it. So if your planning to read this book, consider to read the other books in the series, but stil a good book anyway.

[Wilde Sky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A young boy investigates his father’s murder.

A pretty thin story with a simple writing style, but still reasonably entertaining.