Long Gone by Alafair Burke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is one of the most enjoyable mysteries I’ve read in quite a while. The author falls prey to the common and irritating stereotype of cops (especially NYPD) and FBI being frenemies, but only briefly. Soon the New Jersey cop, NYPD and FBI are all working the same case – although to them its three different cases – and end up on the same side. The pace is quick and the descriptions are fun. The characters are engaging and mostly likeable. The “shocker” ending isn’t as shocking as the hype makes it out to be. I didn’t completely figure out the why or the how but as the ending neared I had no trouble figuring out the who. The plot by the bad guys was a bit too convoluted but all in all the story was plausible enough to be entertaining the whole way through. And it was all done with a minimum of gore and and profanity – always a plus for me.

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