Fast-Paced - Great Mystery

• Date: 20.12.2012
• Book: The Sweet Redemption: An Inspector Korg Mystery
• Author: Book_Diva

Review

“Sweet Redemption” is probably the best mystery I’ve read in a while. Author Thomas F. Stienstra’s Inspector Korg is the quintessential idea for a seasoned detective: quiet, introspective, clever, rule bending and very likeable. Not a gumshoe by any means, Korg is an everyday guy, doing what he’s good at - and what he loves.

One week from retirement, Korg is contemplating his career, when he’s offered an intriguing assignment. “This could be one of those real easy ones, where the guy shows up this afternoon. Or maybe complicated, the kind you like, one that would give you a chance to go out on top,” his old friend Joe Roper tells him when he calls to offer him a hot case.

Devilled by the addition of a fresh young inspector, Sager, and a frustrated by the prickly, demanding, politically oriented DA, Roberta Pritchett, Korg takes on a murder with no body, a myriad of suspects, and plunges into the world of rock ‘n’ roll for one last hot case before he’s “gone fishin’.”

“Sweet Redemption” is fast-paced, good narrative, with a solid, non-transparent plot that keeps the pages turning. Stienstra has a very good grasp on the music business and how it works, and all of the characters in this story are believable. Long enough to be satisfyingly complete, and short enough for a good weekend read, “Sweet Redemption” is an all around winner. Four stars!