Book Thirty-Eight of the Book-a-Week Quest
Lost
by Michael Robotham (2005)
The previous book I read by Michael Robotham, Suspect, was mindless entertainment. This one wasn't as much fun and I think I may be done with the author.
Suspect is told in first person by psychologist Joe O'Laughlin as he helped an investigation of police inspector Vincent Ruiz. Lost is told in first person by Vincent Ruiz as he tries to solve a crime with the help of Joe O'Laughlin. A child is missing and after a three-year investigation, it is believed that the young girl is dead and her killer is in jail. Ruiz doesn't believe justice has been served, however, and he's desperate to find the girl whom he believes is still alive.
The problem with the novel is that the crime is much too convoluted to follow. Robotham keeps building suspect upon suspect, evidence upon evidence...by the end, there are seemingly upwards of ten people involved in the crime, none of whom we really care about, nor could we have any guess as to why they did what they did. It just gets ridiculous and incomprehensible. Plus, Robotham seems to have a really difficult time writing action scenes.
It was a quick read, but it was certainly not impressive.
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