BOOK REVIEW 2

Book title: The Guilty

Author: Jason Pinter

Genre: Thriller

Summary:

Still relatively fresh out of J-school but already a hot scribe at the New York Gazette, Henry Parker (from Pinter's The Mark) files another hair-raising story in the Big Bad Apple. This time the juicy journo's on the trail of the Boy, a sharpshooting serial killer who kills his prey using an antique Winchester 1873, the gun that won the West. The first victim is celebrity diva Athena Paradis, and the killer leaves a note quoting a piece of Henry's. Henry's research reveals a bizarre connection between Henry and a long-dead outlaw of the American West, and, as victims pile up, Henry wonders if the Boy is out for vengeance. The intrepid journalist must think fast on his feet to stop him, even if it means asking for help from a rival Dispatch journalist, the lovely Paulina Cole. Tension mounts, bullets fly and Pinter's cool fusion of a new outlaw with blood ties to an old one hits the mark. The resolution is a ripsnorter, leaving thrill fans ready for the next Henry Parker newsflash.

Reflection:

Henry Parker is an investigator for a newspaper company that is not the most popular one in town. Having other newspaper companies as their rivals, it is tough to compete with bigger and more popular publishers. Henry Parker will need to go do the dirty work of finding out information to be included in the newspapers and it seems that the chance rose when a female famous pop star was killed in the public while exiting a party from a night club. She was killed when a bullet was fired from quite a distance by sniper and nobody knows who is the culprit. From racing with other news company to get to find leads about the killer, Henry gets into a near death adventure when having to face the culprit himself.

I feel the storyline was quite good as there is a lot of twists of events along which led to a climax near the end. The story will make its readers to keep hoping that in the end, the 'good guys' will survive/win. As this book has a story which is continuing from another book, the way the author uses old characters from the previous book to take part in the setting of 'The Guilty' is actually quite in flow. I also feel that the book gives a very good cover on how an investigator work out the case using different ways and techniques. Book title is quite clear on what is this story based on: A mystery on who did it. 4 out of five stars for this book.

By: Clement