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The Little Death
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Book 10 in the Louis Kincaid series published 2014
An enjoyable 4 star read.
This my first time reading P.J. Parrish, whom it turns out are two sisters.
Why start with book 10? Well it just happened to be there, one more book among many, waiting to be read so why not.
It turned out to be a very entertaining read and I’m now sorry that it has taken me so long to get to P.J. Parrish.
The main protagonist, Louis Kincaid, an ex-cop and a black ex-cop to boot but is now working as a P.I.
Louis arrives in, a very upmarket, Palm Beach. He has been hired to prove the innocence of a local male socialites who has been charged with the decapitation murder of his house mate.
Louis has never felt more out of place than he does in Palm Beach. Not only does he not have more money than you poke a stick at but he’s black and asking personal questions from wealthy white people. This is one job he now wished he had turned down.
But never being one to back down Louis pushes on and slowly but surely a picture starts to form and a pretty unsavoury one at that.
These people might have money but that doesn’t stop them being bottom dwellers.
As Louis digs away it becomes clear that this murder is not the first, he has found another two all with the same MO, headless young white males.
To get to the truth Louis has to battle, not only, the hedonistic locals but also the local police, who are hell bent on making things as difficult as possible for Louis.
An interesting aspect of the story, for me, was that the authors being sisters, therefore females, chose to paint the ladies of this story in the most unflattering light imaginable. It was nice to see the other side of the coin for a change. As a much maligned mere male this did my bruised ego a power of good.
My first P.J. Parrish but sure not to be my last.
An enjoyable 4 star read.
This my first time reading P.J. Parrish, whom it turns out are two sisters.
Why start with book 10? Well it just happened to be there, one more book among many, waiting to be read so why not.
It turned out to be a very entertaining read and I’m now sorry that it has taken me so long to get to P.J. Parrish.
The main protagonist, Louis Kincaid, an ex-cop and a black ex-cop to boot but is now working as a P.I.
Louis arrives in, a very upmarket, Palm Beach. He has been hired to prove the innocence of a local male socialites who has been charged with the decapitation murder of his house mate.
Louis has never felt more out of place than he does in Palm Beach. Not only does he not have more money than you poke a stick at but he’s black and asking personal questions from wealthy white people. This is one job he now wished he had turned down.
But never being one to back down Louis pushes on and slowly but surely a picture starts to form and a pretty unsavoury one at that.
These people might have money but that doesn’t stop them being bottom dwellers.
As Louis digs away it becomes clear that this murder is not the first, he has found another two all with the same MO, headless young white males.
To get to the truth Louis has to battle, not only, the hedonistic locals but also the local police, who are hell bent on making things as difficult as possible for Louis.
An interesting aspect of the story, for me, was that the authors being sisters, therefore females, chose to paint the ladies of this story in the most unflattering light imaginable. It was nice to see the other side of the coin for a change. As a much maligned mere male this did my bruised ego a power of good.
My first P.J. Parrish but sure not to be my last.
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November 21, 2021
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November 21, 2021
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November 26, 2021
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serial-thrillers
November 26, 2021
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November 26, 2021
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