Snow Blind

by P.J. Tracy

ONE LINE SUMMARY: When two policeman are found dead in snowmen, Detectives Magozzi and Rolseth must investigate.

This is the third “Monkeewrench” book from the mother-daughter writing team of P.J. Tracy, and the weakest yet. Though this book only peripherally involves the Monkeewrench team, the plot is involved and engrossing. However, where it falls flat is in the conclusion. Admittedly, in real life, not every mystery gets wrapped up neatly. But in this particular case, I feel like the authors hesitated from making a clear-cut ending because they didn’t want to choose a side about wrong and right, and that, I felt, was wussing out.

You can still demonstrate the gray areas of a choice, while still making a choice, and I would have enjoyed this book as much as the previous two had it had a stronger conclusion. As it is, the book feels like it just stopped, rather than ended.

Posted by: ssjane | November 19, 2006 | 6:46 pm
Posted in: Books | Mystery/Thriller