Review by jacquiP -- The 11.05 Murders by Brian O'Hare
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Review by jacquiP -- The 11.05 Murders by Brian O'Hare
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3 out of 4 stars
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The 1105 Murders by Brian O’Hare is the second in a series of crime thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Sheehan and his team of detectives. This book is perfectly readable as a stand-alone novel, despite the re-emergence of the characters from the previous book, The Doom Murders. There is a new addition to the team in Sergeant Denise Stewart who has transferred from Lisburn Police Station to Strandtown Police Station in the Belfast ‘B’ District.
The story begins with a murder that takes place at 1105 on a Tuesday evening. This is followed by another murder exactly one week later. Sergeant Denise Stewart discovers what she believes to be a link to a 12 year old suicide, through a secret informant and she and the team scramble to predict and protect the next victim before another murder is committed.
I had great fun forming opinions on the murderer’s identity throughout the book, only to have my predictions dashed time and time again. The clever plot twists and fast-paced action kept me compulsively turning the pages right to the end. The characters are strong with names that are easily remembered without having to turn back to previous pages to check their identities. Sergeant Stewart is a believable character. Negative experiences in her previous position result in a suspicious and largely feminist attitude in the beginning, but by the time the story ends she has mellowed considerably as she becomes an integral part of Detective Sheehan’s team and even adds a small love interest to the story. My only negative comment would be that I did find Detective McNeill’s stammer a little disconcerting as I felt that it was at odds with my perspective of a tough police detective.
I found very few grammatical or spelling errors, although I would like to comment that on several occasions I found that line spacing between dialogues was an issue and it was sometimes difficult to decide where one speaker ended and another speaker began. I liked the short paragraphs as I felt that they added to the pace of the story. The cliff-hangers at the end of some of the chapters were also excellent and made a compelling reason to read on immediately.
I would like to give The 1105 Murders 3 out of 4 stars. I do not generally read this genre of writing but I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good plot, excellent characters and pure escapism. I would however like to point out that there is a certain amount of graphic description regarding murder methods, domestic abuse and rape and for this reason I would not recommend this book to sensitive readers. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
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3 out of 4 stars
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The 1105 Murders by Brian O’Hare is the second in a series of crime thrillers featuring Chief Inspector Sheehan and his team of detectives. This book is perfectly readable as a stand-alone novel, despite the re-emergence of the characters from the previous book, The Doom Murders. There is a new addition to the team in Sergeant Denise Stewart who has transferred from Lisburn Police Station to Strandtown Police Station in the Belfast ‘B’ District.
The story begins with a murder that takes place at 1105 on a Tuesday evening. This is followed by another murder exactly one week later. Sergeant Denise Stewart discovers what she believes to be a link to a 12 year old suicide, through a secret informant and she and the team scramble to predict and protect the next victim before another murder is committed.
I had great fun forming opinions on the murderer’s identity throughout the book, only to have my predictions dashed time and time again. The clever plot twists and fast-paced action kept me compulsively turning the pages right to the end. The characters are strong with names that are easily remembered without having to turn back to previous pages to check their identities. Sergeant Stewart is a believable character. Negative experiences in her previous position result in a suspicious and largely feminist attitude in the beginning, but by the time the story ends she has mellowed considerably as she becomes an integral part of Detective Sheehan’s team and even adds a small love interest to the story. My only negative comment would be that I did find Detective McNeill’s stammer a little disconcerting as I felt that it was at odds with my perspective of a tough police detective.
I found very few grammatical or spelling errors, although I would like to comment that on several occasions I found that line spacing between dialogues was an issue and it was sometimes difficult to decide where one speaker ended and another speaker began. I liked the short paragraphs as I felt that they added to the pace of the story. The cliff-hangers at the end of some of the chapters were also excellent and made a compelling reason to read on immediately.
I would like to give The 1105 Murders 3 out of 4 stars. I do not generally read this genre of writing but I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good plot, excellent characters and pure escapism. I would however like to point out that there is a certain amount of graphic description regarding murder methods, domestic abuse and rape and for this reason I would not recommend this book to sensitive readers. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.
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