Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: The Judas Gate
Subtitle: (Evan Buckley #15)
Author:
James Harper
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 15
Best read after earlier
books in series? Can be read as stand-alone
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59747681-the-judas-gate
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
A lot has happened since the first books in
this series and some of the information in these is missed by not having read
those books yet. Still it can be read as a stand-alone.
Several years earlier, Evan caught Carl
Hendricks, a murderer now in jail. Or, he would be if he wasn’t dying of
pancreatic cancer. When the body of a young boy is found in what was his back
garden, he summons Evan for a deathbed confession in the hospital. But all isn’t
as it seems.
What
I liked about the book:
The book is action-packed, and full of
suspense.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I loved the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
The book was enjoyable in its entirety.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This is the fourth book I’ve read by this
author but I look forward to reading more. I’m tempted to buy the earlier books
in the series to get a full picture of what happens to Evan.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This is a mystery full of suspense.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Possibly |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like suspense, this book may be the
book for you.
I
look forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
When a young boy’s remains are found in a
shallow grave on land belonging to PI Evan Buckley’s avowed enemy, the monster
Carl Hendricks, the police are desperate for Evan's help in solving a case that's
been dead in the water for the past thirteen years. Hendricks is dying, and
Evan is the only person he’ll share his deathbed confession with. Except Evan
knows Hendricks of old. Did he really kill the boy? And if so, why does he want
to confess to Evan?
As he revisits the original cold case, Evan's
honesty and motives are questioned by the lead detective who failed to solve
it. Worse, he soon finds himself at the center of some very unwelcome
attention, the shadow of a killer's crosshairs hanging over him. Nor is he the
only one to awaken a dormant killer as Hendricks finds out the hard way that
he’s set events in motion that he can’t control.
The deeper Evan gets drawn into the case, the
worse the betrayal at its core becomes, until once more he's forced to take up
the reluctant mantle of hanging judge, his fate to decide who should pay and
who will walk free.
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