4 Stars
“It’s not up to you to stop it, not by yourself. You’re just one person, Ellie.”
“Yeah, but I’m the one he wants.”
The Vanishing Season would most definitely NOT pass the Ron 2.0 smell test . . . .
Some of the reasons include:
1. Our leading lady was the “one who got away” from a serial killer . . .
2. Who then grew up to become a cop . . . .
3. And yet somehow no one knows who she was . . . .
4. In a sleepy little hamlet where she has decided three missing persons cases are somehow linked to a copycat killer.
5. Our leading male was the FBI agent who saved our leading lady when she was a kid . . . .
6. Who flubbed his last case and is now on leave . . . .
7. But has decided to be all mavericky and lend a hand when it comes to solving these new cases . . . .
8. And of course no one stops him and he calls in favors and they send him files he needs and whatever else would never happen.
Guess what? Ron is totally right . . . .
For whatever reason, however, I kinda have a great time with these “Lifetimey” selections of whodunits. They are my version of the cozy mystery and . . . .
I enjoyed that Ellery was flawed (to the extent some readers might not even be able to sympathize with her character). I appreciated Reed and Ellery’s relationship in that they worked together, as equals, and there was never even a hint that things would turn sexual. I liked their dialogue . . . .
“I did not cheat on my wife with any live women.”
“That’s a creepy way to put it.”
The storytelling here was captivating and the page count was spot-on without a bunch of filler. Really, the only downside was I immediately knew “whodunit” – but when there are like four characters being focused on and you know three didn’t do it . . . .
It didn’t even matter, though. This was the perfect read for a rainy Sunday.
“Yeah, but I’m the one he wants.”
The Vanishing Season would most definitely NOT pass the Ron 2.0 smell test . . . .
Some of the reasons include:
1. Our leading lady was the “one who got away” from a serial killer . . .
2. Who then grew up to become a cop . . . .
3. And yet somehow no one knows who she was . . . .
4. In a sleepy little hamlet where she has decided three missing persons cases are somehow linked to a copycat killer.
5. Our leading male was the FBI agent who saved our leading lady when she was a kid . . . .
6. Who flubbed his last case and is now on leave . . . .
7. But has decided to be all mavericky and lend a hand when it comes to solving these new cases . . . .
8. And of course no one stops him and he calls in favors and they send him files he needs and whatever else would never happen.
Guess what? Ron is totally right . . . .
For whatever reason, however, I kinda have a great time with these “Lifetimey” selections of whodunits. They are my version of the cozy mystery and . . . .
I enjoyed that Ellery was flawed (to the extent some readers might not even be able to sympathize with her character). I appreciated Reed and Ellery’s relationship in that they worked together, as equals, and there was never even a hint that things would turn sexual. I liked their dialogue . . . .
“I did not cheat on my wife with any live women.”
“That’s a creepy way to put it.”
The storytelling here was captivating and the page count was spot-on without a bunch of filler. Really, the only downside was I immediately knew “whodunit” – but when there are like four characters being focused on and you know three didn’t do it . . . .
It didn’t even matter, though. This was the perfect read for a rainy Sunday.
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