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A unique and interesting beginning for the series.
I'm so excited for the beginning of this unique and interesting series.Mason "Mace" Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago. He is a dog trainer and specializes in cadaver dogs, training them to detect human remains.It's been a tough year for Mace, losing his adored Springer Spaniel and going through a divorce.At a crime scene, a golden retriever is rescued from carbon monoxide poisoning by police officer Kippy Gimm.Mace adopts her and names her Elvira, Vira for short. She joins collies Maggie Mae and Delta Dawn and German Shepherd Sue (a boy), at his already full house of dogs.As he trains Vira, he realizes that she has some very special skills.When Kippy visits Vira to see how she's doing and meets Mace, sparks fly, at least on his part!Soon he becomes involved in Kippy and her partner Dave "Wabs" Wabiszewski's case, hunting a devious and cold blooded serial killer.Dubbed "Everyman" for his ordinary looks, he recognizes the threat that Vira and Mace are to him and targets them as his next victims.This police procedural/mystery/thriller was gripping and extremely suspenseful. The characters were engaging and amusing, I loved Mace's self deprecating humor. And of course the dogs were amazing!Thank you St. Martin's Press Minotaur Books for the e-ARC via NetGalley.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2023
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2021
The three paragraph description for The Finders led me to think this mystery would focus on dog trainer Mace Reid partnering with his new cadaver dog Vira as they assist the police. The Reid-Vira relationship forms a substantial part of this story, but the book does not mine the richness of their journey from their initial pairing to one of a unique and precious human-dog partnership. From the opening chapters, it seemed the Reid and Vira relationship would ground the narrative because they both had experienced loss and trauma.
Instead Jeffrey Burton alternates the Reid chapters with that of the character dubbed “Everyman,” the serial killer. A good portion of the book is from Everyman’s point of view. Thankfully most of those chapters are short, as it is unpleasant and uninteresting to see that character’s pathology, arrogance, plotting, evilness, etc. It also seems trite, and already done in a Silence of the Lambs kind of way. (Val McDermid also has employed this in her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series.) Purely from a storytelling perspective, I’m also not entirely sure why Everyman’s every thought is revealed in such a manner. I actually would have preferred the alternating chapters be Vira’s, as contemplated by the lovely golden retriever on the cover. Perhaps the marketing folks at publisher Minotaur Books felt likewise.
Based on the vast majority of the reader reviews posted here, Burton’s narrative worked well. He creates tension from the cat-and-mouse plot and there’s plenty of graphic language and violence to stoke the suspense. Because Burton does deliver that story, and in fairness to him, my overall rating is three stars. That said, the rating I would actually like to have given is two stars, for the book that I expected and hoped for but did not read.
Instead Jeffrey Burton alternates the Reid chapters with that of the character dubbed “Everyman,” the serial killer. A good portion of the book is from Everyman’s point of view. Thankfully most of those chapters are short, as it is unpleasant and uninteresting to see that character’s pathology, arrogance, plotting, evilness, etc. It also seems trite, and already done in a Silence of the Lambs kind of way. (Val McDermid also has employed this in her Tony Hill/Carol Jordan series.) Purely from a storytelling perspective, I’m also not entirely sure why Everyman’s every thought is revealed in such a manner. I actually would have preferred the alternating chapters be Vira’s, as contemplated by the lovely golden retriever on the cover. Perhaps the marketing folks at publisher Minotaur Books felt likewise.
Based on the vast majority of the reader reviews posted here, Burton’s narrative worked well. He creates tension from the cat-and-mouse plot and there’s plenty of graphic language and violence to stoke the suspense. Because Burton does deliver that story, and in fairness to him, my overall rating is three stars. That said, the rating I would actually like to have given is two stars, for the book that I expected and hoped for but did not read.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2022
