Interesting characters
I read about 400 books a year and have done so for about 70 years now. I read very fast and with that kind of volume, it is difficult to find storys that are not formularic. I have pet peeves, especially the books that drop brand names of so called "designer" brands as though they were nouns. You know the thing, he or she isn't wearing shoes, it is "designer name" on their feet. Yawn! Less than 2 0/0 of the world's population has green eyes, except in novels, where they are as common as brown eyes... Barf. People are billionaires in novels these days, where they are a dime a dozen. Everyone is gorgeous. It gets old. I avoid those books now. Anyway this book avoids most of the usual sins and still manages to tell a good tale without resorting to these tacky gimmicks. I like the relationship between the detectives. And, damn, no car chases, shootout chases across rooftops or other unlikely senarios. Amazing. I did not guess who the bad guy was either. Nice going. And,, wonder of wonders, cooperative suspects? I will be back for more of these books.