Breakneck – Erica Spindler
Breakneck is a fast-moving and gripping police thriller that manages to keep up an incredible momentum up with a new revelation or murder every couple of pages and keep you off-balance by the fact that almost any one involved in the investigation is potentially expendable. That makes the novel a great read – it’s very well paced and written with equal attention given to the case and the personal lives of the characters – but the case does unravel in a quite conventional manner, placing quite a strain on credibility and particularly on the effectiveness of the policing methods of RPD Detectives Mary Catherine Ruggio and her partner Kitt Lundgren. As the number of bodies pile up you would expect a bit more care and diligence on the part of the police officers, particularly as the series of mysterious executions killings being carried out by a professional hitman on a group of young adults brings the matter very close to MC’s family and their business. Yet, whether it is through the case...