David Staniforth's Reviews > Dead Men's Bones

I read this book as a ‘pick-it-for-me’ challenge, and I’m glad that was my reason for reading. Had I selected it by any other means, I likely would have given up on it a quarter of the way through. It’s not badly written; it just wasn’t my kind of thing. It is the first police procedural that I’ve read, and though I’ve watched them and loved them on TV, as a book I found that aspect of the story a little boring.

So, as I say, I’m glad I had a reason for not giving up on it, because this story gets better and better with every chapter. The characters grow and grow, the plot thickens and becomes more intriguing, and there’s some great use of language. Had the first quarter of the book gripped me as much as the last quarter it may have been a five, definitely a four and a half.

I’m now really looking forward to reading the next book in the McLean series.

Recommended.