The Stolen Ones (Byrne and Balzano)

by Richard Montanari | Mystery & Thrillers | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0751549282 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 6/21/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Luther Wade grew up in Cold River, a warehouse for the criminally insane. Two decades ago the hospital closed it doors forever, but Luther never left. He wanders the catacombs beneath the city, channeling the violent dreams of Eduard Kross, Europe's most prolific serial killer of the 20th century.
A two-year-old girl is found wandering the streets of Philadelphia in the middle of the night by detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. She does not speak, but she may hold the key to solving a string of murders committed in and around Priory Park.
As the detectives investigate, more bodies are found at Priory Park, and they're drawn closer and closer to the doors of Luther's devious maze and the dark secrets of Cold River.

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 4, 2017
This is a hard review for me to write as I am a bit biased being a huge fan of this series. I love Byrne & Balzano & really enjoy the inventive & gruesome deaths that Montanari comes up with for the murderers. From the off I'm usually gripped but oddly in this case from the off I was confused by what was going on. To be fair I should have put the book down & returned to it afresh at a later date but I carried on, thinking everything would make sense as I progressed....but sadly it didn't. The story switched about too much, I couldn't tell who was who, real or dream, couldn't make sense of the man in the closet, Tuff, Bean - all as clear as mud! Even as the truth came to light things didn't come together in a very satisfactory manner & overall I found things quite disjointed.

On the plus side Balzano & Byrne were as engaging as ever & I'm getting rather a soft spot for Helmut Rohmer too. As to the epilogue, well I've had to read it three or four times as I'm so surprised by it!


Journal Entry 3 by wingPlum-crazywing at Mental Health Charity shop in Stranraer, Scotland United Kingdom on Monday, December 4, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (12/5/2017 UTC) at Mental Health Charity shop in Stranraer, Scotland United Kingdom

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