I am going to go out on a limb here and say that this is
Cole’s first book, Father’s Instinct. Further, because of this I am going to
move on with this scant review. If you read my blog at all you know that I am
not a detailed reviewer, nor am I a professional opinion when it comes to
anything. I am just a guy who reads and has an opinion of sorts about stuff.
Father’s Instinct isn’t horrible, just confusing. There is
promise in Cole’s voice but not much attention to detail. The story is none
sensible in the way it pulls the two main characters together, Cort Cameron
whose daughter has been kidnapped and his wife murdered and Steve Boulder’s
whose father’s death is suspect. The story shows promise but feels forced and
padded to make it novel length (or there about).
There is no ‘reason’ for the kidnapping and ridiculous
ransom demand and even though it is paid the events that follow are
unwarranted. I am not opposed to graphic violence in a book of fiction. Graphic
violence for the sake of shock or pad, I do. I just don’t get it … that said,
obviously the author did. This tale seems like it would have made a tighter
novella or even drilled down to a short story.
Father’s Instinct is not poorly written. It is not liner for
the hamster cage, not at all. It is a decent run with some intrigue but no real
horror aside from the fluff. If a decent crime fiction or the over used ‘thriller’ is you, then this might be worth a look. This rode the kindle horror pages so I
grabbed it – I am starting to get miffed with Kindle and their genre tags …
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