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  • 03/2016
  • 978-0990600466 B01DCA8LZU
  • 322 pages
  • $2.99
Claire Stibbe
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Night Eyes

The Detective Temeke Crime Series Book 2

Some fail. Some never fit in. Some vent a rage against the foulest of humanity.

A ten year enquiry into the murders of several young boys has gone cold. No witnesses, no suspect. Or so police believe, until a mysterious phone call leads the police to the remains of a young boy found near the ancient ruins of an Anasazi settlement. Is this a random act or the work of a serial killer?

When the young son of Albuquerque's Mayor is kidnapped, Detective David Temeke and his partner Malin Santiago are called to investigate. Drawn deeper into the wilderness by a man waging a war with his past, twelve year old boy-scout, Adam, must use everything he has learned to stay alive.

Temeke and Santiago are pushed to the limit in the second book of this thrilling, fast-paced series set in New Mexico

 

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Amazon

I loved ‘The 9th Hour’, Book 1 of Detective Temeke’s crime series, but I think ‘Night Eyes’ is even better. Claire Stibbe gets inside the characters’ minds, with an intensity and control over a wide range of different personalities and styles. She gave us the thoughts of a serial killer in ‘the 9th Hour’ and in ‘Night Eyes’ we are equally drawn into the limited understanding of a boy scout; limited because he’s too young to comprehend the adult scenes he’s witnessed and limited because he has no idea why he’s been kidnapped. Neither has the reader although we pick up on little clues and wonder… as do the detectives when they find the paper trail this ingenious youngster is laying for them.

In addition to the crime plot, I enjoyed the complex relationships between the police officers, although ‘enjoyed’ doesn’t describe how I felt towards the macho, sexist attitudes faced by Malin, who has to deal with her own insecurities in a hostile working atmosphere. The gallows humour and tough talk comes over as very realistic. Temeke himself is well drawn and his own background means he will never fit in any more than Malin will – the tension in their partnership is growing tentatively towards team spirit and support. I hope this blossoms further in Book 3 and look forward to the further invetsigations of New Mexico’s finest.

New Mexico is almost a character within the novel and I can really imagine both the landscape and the sense of Native American history – and present-day issues – bringing a unique sense of place and people to the police locker-rooms.

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 03/2016
  • 978-0990600466 B01DCA8LZU
  • 322 pages
  • $2.99
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