This is a fast paced book.
Two main characters are Scott Finn a hot shot lawyer in Boston and Police Detective Linda Flaherty.
One of Finns colleagues and ex Natalie is found murdered. It looks like its the work of a Serial Killer called Little Jack, but Flaherty isnt convinced. She and her colleagues are under pressure to close the case.

Finn doesnt take the death of Natalie to well, he is also suspected of killing her. He meets Flaherty and they go for dinner, she likes him but is scared to get to close.

There are also several high up politicians who may have something to do with Natalie's death.
Finn needs to convince Flaherty.

Finn does his own digging into this case but is taken by the bad guys, Flaherty and chums with the help of Tigh his old mate from growing up undertake a rescue bid, Kill all the baddies but Tigh dies in the cross fire.

Last page of the book is will Finn and Flaherty get together.

OK book . ( )

This was a pretty solid book with some rather atmospheric descriptions of Boston. As an Australian I'm not really familiar with Boston's layout and vibe, however the scenes painted interestingly were clear enough to have a clear idea of the lay of the land from having played Fallout 4 which was sent in Boston also, and featured many of the same landmarks as the novel.

I found the initial section of the book with the serial killer on the prowl was particularly good, however it then seemed to lag a little in the middle and I was somewhat losing concentration and interest. Then that could have been due to the fact I'd been up for 40 hours at the time. At any rate, the story then gets back up and going as the threads of seeming different matters begin to wind together suspiciously and characters who seemed dirty end up being upstanding people to varying degrees, and those who seemed upstanding end up being not so upstanding, also to varying degrees.

Overall I'd say it was decent, but not outstanding. It lacked the enthrallment you get with James Sheehan, John Grisham & Patterson. ( )

This is the first book of the Scott Finn series. Finn is a lawyer in Boston and is suspected of killing his work colleague. He himself is on the lookout for who killed her and therefore is caught up in his past when he was an orphan to one of the most feared gangs in Boston.
The story is very engaging from the beginning and one can hardly stop reading it. I will definitely read the sequels. ( )

Scott Finn worked his way out of Boston's toughest neighborhood to become a rising star in the city's most elite law firm. Now the street smarts that have haunted him are about to become his best means of survival." "On an ordinary Sunday night, the body of one of his closest colleagues - and former lover - is found floating in Boston Harbor, her heart surgically removed from her chest. The once beautiful and ambitious Natalie Caldwell appears to be the seventh victim of "Little Jack," the Jack-the-Ripper-style murderer terrorizing Boston. Police detective Linda Flaherty isn't so sure. With Natalie's death, Finn inherits a coveted, high-profile assignment that could clinch his career: one involving a terrorist train bombing. But as Finn learns more about the circumstances surrounding Natalie's death, the fabric of the life he has created begins to tear. Suddenly he finds himself the prime suspect in her murder." Finn needs to save himself, and the only way is to dig into the secrets of Natalie's life. Filled with more twists - and more dangers - than he could ever have imagined, this case will lead Finn and Flaherty from the crime-ridden streets of Charlestown to Boston's courtrooms and morgues, and from the gilded enclaves of the power brokers to the darkest recesses of a serial killer's mind. ( )

Das Buch hat die Höchstwertung absolut verdient. Die Seiten wurden von mir quasi verschlungen. Die Story ist sehr gut aufgebaut, die Charakteren der Hauptpersonen sind nachvollziehbar.
Das Ende ist zwar ein wenig holprig, aber trotz allem ein tolles Buch. ( )