The 11:05 Murders is a hard-boiled crime mystery novel built around the work of Inspector Sheehan. Written by Brian O’Hare, It belongs to volume two of the Inspector Sheehan Mysteries and is published by Crimson Cloak Publishing.
This book is purely a work of fiction though it feels as if plucked from real-life events. The book revolves around mysterious murders that occur at 11:05 pm and follows WDS Denise Stewart, DCI Jim Sheehan and the rest of their team as they race against time to catch the perpetrator and save his next target. Despite being second in a series there is no follow up from previous work that would leave the reader feeling confused. Any character background is sufficiently explained.
When WDS Denise Stewart arrives at …show more content…
Half the time I was racking my brain trying to solve the case, the other half I was hooked on to the storyline. The stake-outs, interrogations and court proceedings all felt very real to me. So was the language used by the detectives. The author leaves a trail of hints like little drops of honey, which however sweet they were when consumed they left one with a hunger for more. The plot followed a natural course of development; moving from one logical step to another making the ending very satisfying. The little attraction simmering between Denise and Tom added an interesting dimension to the plot as it is used to raise the stakes in the mystery. All the characters in the book were very real. In fact, some were too real, for example, a bartender who kept asking rhetorical questions giving a hilarious effect. Thankfully, no sexually explicit content was included. However, the descriptions of the murders and some violent scenes might leave a sensitive audience grimacing. The author uses his knowledge of medical and psychiatric procedures to give the book depth. I related well to the character of Denise Stewart who was intelligent and compassionate and not intimidated by her male colleagues. The only thing I didn’t like was the number of characters who had rather similar names: McNeil, McCullough, McCahey, McCammon… I would have appreciated if the names were more
This book is purely a work of fiction though it feels as if plucked from real-life events. The book revolves around mysterious murders that occur at 11:05 pm and follows WDS Denise Stewart, DCI Jim Sheehan and the rest of their team as they race against time to catch the perpetrator and save his next target. Despite being second in a series there is no follow up from previous work that would leave the reader feeling confused. Any character background is sufficiently explained.
When WDS Denise Stewart arrives at …show more content…
Half the time I was racking my brain trying to solve the case, the other half I was hooked on to the storyline. The stake-outs, interrogations and court proceedings all felt very real to me. So was the language used by the detectives. The author leaves a trail of hints like little drops of honey, which however sweet they were when consumed they left one with a hunger for more. The plot followed a natural course of development; moving from one logical step to another making the ending very satisfying. The little attraction simmering between Denise and Tom added an interesting dimension to the plot as it is used to raise the stakes in the mystery. All the characters in the book were very real. In fact, some were too real, for example, a bartender who kept asking rhetorical questions giving a hilarious effect. Thankfully, no sexually explicit content was included. However, the descriptions of the murders and some violent scenes might leave a sensitive audience grimacing. The author uses his knowledge of medical and psychiatric procedures to give the book depth. I related well to the character of Denise Stewart who was intelligent and compassionate and not intimidated by her male colleagues. The only thing I didn’t like was the number of characters who had rather similar names: McNeil, McCullough, McCahey, McCammon… I would have appreciated if the names were more