Tito Ihaka returns and this time, it's personal.
The profane Maori detective is called in to work on an
unsolved murder which may or may not connect to the death
of his own father. Politics and personal lives clash as
Ihaka navigates the crime. His girlfriend and her son try
hard to keep themselves together in the chaos, but Ihaka
risks his relationship more and more by being party to
the investigation. When the clash comes to a head, things
will change, though for better or worse nobody can tell...
FALLOUT was a challenge to get through. The
author has a style that was uncomfortable and thick. I
was rarely clear on the exact happenings and activities
of the novel. I'm still not sure what I read, to be
completely honest. This book is not for the idle reader.
You have to be deeply involved and interested. Otherwise,
you will be as lost as I was.
I didn't much care for Tito Ihaka. He's a
previously established character, so it isn't just based
on a first-time description of the character. He is
unkempt and rude, and I just didn't like him. This,
however, was par for the course. I did not like any of
the characters. They were not fleshed out enough, and
those who were well described were uncouth and not fun to
read about. A novel with poor characterization is not
much fun, and when all the characters make me
uncomfortable I don't want to finish the book.
FALLOUT turned out to be a lot of work for little
reward. I personally didn't find anything to redeem it. I
know this book was probably not written for a twenty-two
year old American college girl, but it seemed interesting
enough at first to get her hooked. It turns out it
wasn't. I'm sure the audience who appreciates crime
thrillers of this caliber will love it. For the rest of
us, I suggest something a little lighter.
Tito Ihaka, the unkempt, overweight Maori cop, was demoted
to Sergeant due to insubordination and pigheadedness. He
investigates the unsolved killing of a seventeen-year-old
girl at an election night party in a ritzy villa near
Auckland. Ihaka is also embroiled in a very personal
mystery. A freelance journalist has stumbled across
information that Ihaka's father, Jimmy, a trade union
firebrand and renegade Marxist, didn't die of natural
causes. The stories weave themselves into an exciting climax
in an atmosphere of political maneuvering and intrigue
surrounding the United States' confrontation with New
Zealand over its anti-nuclear stance.
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