Book: The Man Made of Smoke
Author: Alex North
Pages: 307
This is my 138th read for the year
What Amazon says:
Dan Garvie's life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child - narrowly escaping an encounter with a notorious serial killer. He has dedicated his life since to becoming a criminal profiler, eager to seek justice for innocent victims. So when his father passes away under suspicious circumstances, Dan revisits his small island community, determined to uncover the truth about his death. Is it possible that the monster he remembers from his childhood nightmareshas returned after all these years?
That book was okay. I like Alex North's books, and was excited for this one, but I had trouble getting into it. Might have been a timing issue. I found it a slow burn, which was probably on purpose, but way too descriptive with the mundane - just to fill pages. The ending did not land for me like I was hoping. The pace and the twists did not work for me. I did enjoy large parts of the book - trying to figure out where it was going, but overall, it just was a bit slow.
Stars: 3.5