Book Review: Little Girl Blue

Reviewed By: Jon Jordan - Crime Spree Magazine - RAM

Little Girl Blue     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
David Cray
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Police Procedural   Woman Main Character

The book starts out with the discovery of a body. A little girl dead in Central Park. The case comes to Julia Brennan, who starts calling the girl, Little Girl Blue. Julia is a Lieutenant, a Detective who is hoping to move up. And the more she finds out while tracking down who is responsible,
the less she seems to care about moving up. It becomes a personal quest. One that take her into a dark area of humanity. Pedophiles. She is given the name of a cop who can help her. But the cost of his help is unknown, as is most things about him. And as Brennan and Foley go after the people
responsible for the initial homicide, bodies start to follow their investigation.

Cray writes with a tight and relentless grip on the reader. Instantly drawing you in and not letting go. The book moves like a carnival ride not letting you guess what’s coming next. The characters are well written and believable. And the procedural part of the police work involved rings true. The villains are not over the top and are in fact all to real.

This was a wonderful book, one I could not put down till it was done. And then I was disappointed that there was no more left to read. I’m going to pick up Cray’s first two novels, and plan to buy what ever else he may write.

Jon Jordan - Crime Spree Magazine - RAM

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