When you have a long running successful series, that's without counting the legions of fans who watch the tv show based on the Temperance Brennan character, readers are eager to see or read about their favourite character on a regular basis. They are perhaps a little less eager to embrace an entirely new venture or main character.
I really enjoyed this new venture and can't wait to read more about Sunday and Gus.
Kudos to Reichs for creating a main character with an airport carousel full of baggage. Sunday isn't your standard candy floss and fluffy unicorn type of character. She has a past full of abuse, aggression and manipulation. On top of that she is a veteran suffering from PTSD.
Her whole life revolves around safety measures and paranoia. She is abrupt, short-tempered and doesn't give two hoots about being politically correct or adhering to any kind of rules.
When she is hired by a grande dame of society she cares less about the money and more about the young girl in the midst of a dangerous group. This is actually where the story gets an added twist. The reader gets short glimpses of a young girl being held captive and abused. It is fair to say that everything is not exactly as it seems.
Two Nights, nice play on the names by the way, is an invigorating new series with a bolshy leading lady. I hope this isn't the last we see of Sunday or her elusive brother. It has plenty of potential and it deals with some hard-hitting issues. I think Reichs should take a few more walks on the wild side and spread her literary tentacles into a few other ventures.
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Read The Swamp Bones, Bones Never Lie or Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs.
Read Exposure by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs.
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