I enjoyed this with some caveats.
The character of Logan is better portrayed than in no.911 and the impact of his prosopagnosia comes out more clearly. And it is a good, challenging and very different plot – essentially the gruesome murder of a war hero about to take a prominent role in the armistice day commemorations.
But, both this and no.911 are for me too plot driven - the author almost exults in finding a fiendishly difficult plot line, almost like a crossword setter, where the clues are all (just about) there, but deeply concealed in the text.
I found the conclusion/solution here completely implausible, although Logan had got half way there. I also find the prose style and length of the sentences quite hard work, try a bit of Raymond Chandler, Mr Palin.
But, both books are completely different from the run of the mill detective novel (of which I have read (too) many) so definitely worth reading.
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