Review by Bianca Aslett -- The 11.05 Murders

[Bianca Aslett]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The 11.05 Murders" by Brian O'Hare.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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Okay first of this isn’t a book I would have chosen to read because it’s not in my Genre of books I frequently read, but I read it and liked it. I went into this book not knowing what to expect but was impressed. It’s a fascinating read. Competently written and full of twists and turns. It has an amazing story line and kept me on my toes.

The 11:05 Murders by Brian O’Hare, it’s a crime thriller and it focuses on Sergeant Denise Stewart. She is a new transfer at the Serious Crime Unit. Her previous station was corrupted and Denise tries to recover from it. When she is a the SCU she is immediately thrown into the middle of a murder investigation that centers on the murder of three different people. At first all the murders seem random. Until they find a small connection. All three murders happen on Tuesday evenings and on each of the bodies a watch was discovered with the time stopped at 11:05. In this thriller, Stewart and the team must work together to figure out what the seemingly random connections mean to catch the killer, while trying to stay safe from stalkers and death threats. The plan to catch the killer goes wrong and results in a kidnapping of a daring rescue.

I don’t particularly like Sergeant Denise Stewart and I was more into the pov’s of Chief Inspector Sheehan. He was funny and he had a sense of humor. He made a book interesting. Stewart was more focused on people hitting on her. Take a complement. Anyways what I didn’t like about the book very much was the constant use of ‘The woman Detective’, why not just say Detective Stewart? I could sympathize with her inability to create long lasting relationships with somebody because of what happened in her previously corrupted precinct, but a stronger woman would have gotten over it and stopped thinking every second guy that being nice to her was hitting on her.

The characters are well developed and believable. There is a variety of characters and even though O’Hare doesn’t spend a lot of time describing his characters it’s easy to note that each of them are different. They have their own personalities and are realistic. Over all the book was a very good book and I would give it a 3 out of 4 rating. A 3 because it hooks you. Right from the beginning you are glued to the book. I found I couldn’t put the book down to find out what happens next. It has a lot of twists and turns. Your never quite sure what’s going to happen next.

I did find a few spelling errors and at the end there where a few instants that the dialogue didn’t feel natural, but yeah overall, I really enjoyed it. Like I’ve mentioned its different than the things I’m used to reading but it makes me thing about maybe giving the crime genre another shot. I really found this book interesting and memorable. I really recommend it.

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