Forty Words for Sorrow

from Carol420

It was a typical type of detective story with a cunning serial killer. The detective was tortured,but brilliant and tenacious throughout but in spite of his short comings pursued the case while disregarding the rules and alienating his family in the process. Parts of the story were told from the ...

from jayne_charles

I'm wondering whether I really have the stomach for novels with graphic violence in - this isn't the grisliest I've read by a long way, but there are some pretty hair-raising scenes. Mostly concerned with the detectives hunting a suspected serial killer, it also makes acquaintance with the perpet...

from richardderus

Rating: 3.75* of five The Book Report: The first John Cardinal mystery, we're introduced to Detective Cardinal as he is reassigned to Homicide after being yanked into burglaries and other such unglamourous pursuits for daring to investigate the strange disappearances of several very young people ...

from msf59

For me, the serial killer sub-genre has grown pretty tiresome. The later Thomas Harris books, along with the repellent Saw movies ,have sunk it for me. How many wily ,sadistic mass murderers are out there, anyway? Hundreds? Thousands? It's a wonder anyone is still breathing. Giles Blunt makes a v...

from KAzevedo

Despite a fairly predictable plot, I found "Forty Words for Sorrow" to be well written, with interesting characters. John Cardinal, the main protagonist escapes many tired tropes for a detective hero; he's not a drunk, he's not sunk in depression, he's not angry at the world, and he doesn't hate ...