Fifteen bodies are found murdered in one Boston home and Detective Frank McKenzie is on the case to catch the killer.
The Casual Killer is far from your average crime/thriller. Frank McKenzie is a cop who bends the rules to get the job done. This novel has an unusual plot when you consider the motives involved.
The story develops at a good pace and you try to work out how things are going and maybe slot together. But then you start to think that the whole plot and action are a little far fetched. More killings take place and the story moves up into top gear. Just as you start to join up the dots the novel quickly ends and you are left thinking “what the ???” and resign yourself to the opinion “oh well, that’s America for you”.
I found The Casual Killer to be a GOOD book which pulls away from the ordinary crime/thriller. Luis has taken great risks with his central character Frank McKenzie, a far fetched plot and lots of questionable violence. But it is a thought provoking read and given the violent everyday scenes throughout America, it questions the culture behind the many killings making the news.
So I vote this book 4 stars for being a GOOD read. It has it’s faults but entertains by being so refreshingly different from those check-sheet police procedurals, where skilled team work solves the crime.
The Casual Killer is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2014.
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