Consumer Critique: The True Detective

I recently had a chance to read The True Detective, a republished e-version of a book written in the late 1980s by Theodore Weesner. I like mysteries, in general, although this book was not so much a mystery where the reader figures it out, and but rahter reading how a detective puzzled things out.

The book uses elements of a series of rapes and murders of children that occurred in Detroit as inspiration, and as it deals with crimes committed against a child, it is not an easy read due to the subject matter. It is a very interesting, gripping read, though, as the author manages to be appropriately sympathetic towards the perpetrator; without excusing his actions, he makes him human.

The book is gritty and raw, the perfect tone to fit the plot itself. To say I liked it wouldn't exactly be right - it's impossible to really "like" a book where a child dies - but it did move me.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary e-version of the book to facilitate this review.