Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Out Cold by William G. Tappley

Boston lawyer, Brady Coyne, wakes up one morning to find the body of a dead girl half-buried in the newly fallen snow in his backyard. Her identity is unknown, but in her pocket is Brady's address. Brady already feels guilty because as he lay sleeping in his warm bed, the girl lay bleeding to death from a miscarriage in his backyard. Brady needs answers to who the girl is and why she had his address in her pocket.

William Tappley is a fine storyteller, and I have enjoyed many of his Brady Coyne novels. In addition to the main mystery storyline, the on-going development of the characters and their relationships is a big part of the draw of the books for me. OUT COLD started off very promising. The first half of the book was suspensefully plotted. We come to care about the girl and her story. The second half started veering into too many tangents which really just seemed to muddy up the main storyline. Then unfortunately, the resolution of the story far-fetched that it ruined the whole book for me.

**Not recommended except for die-hard Tappley fans


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