Book Review: A Long Time Dead by Andrew Barrett

Andrew Barrett does it again, or should that be he did it before?  Having already read the The Third Rule and loved it, I'm now visiting some of the author's earlier works.

Book Review: The Third Rule by Andrew Barrett

 

This is quite the  most powerful and enthralling thriller that I have read for sometime.

I first read Part One: Atrocities six months ago, and have almost been putting off reading the final two parts of the trilogy.  Part one introduced a terrifying picture of a newly structured legal system combined with age old corruption, and wasn’t a place I wanted to re-visit anytime soon.  However, like all great five star books, the plot and people kept niggling away at me, unresolved business that needed concluding.

My other fear was that the quality of writing must eventually fall way at some point, but I needn’t have worried as it just kept getting better and better.  The author easily moves between dramatic and bloody action sequences, and more thoughtful character developments and quiet moments of introspection.  I struggled to empathise with Eddie Collins at the start, but lost hours of sleep rooting for him towards the conclusion.  

The only question now is whether or not to re-read The Third Rule before starting another Andrew Barrett thriller.