Adam is a Level Eight telepath and an interrogator in the
police department. When a new case presents itself, Adam is
called to add in any psychic evidence. Adam and his partner,
Detective Cherabino, quickly find out that the victim is one
of Adam's old students, one he damaged by way of negligence.
With the department facing budget cuts and layoffs looming
in the near future, Adam is terrified of compromising his
fight with his addiction that his job provides. Now the
Guild is sending an agent to monitor Adam, putting even more
pressure on him.
This is the second book in the Mindspace
Investigations
series, and I did not read the first. I've heard it
compliments the first book well, but I can say that it
serves all right as a stand-alone. There are a few brief
moments that would've made more sense had I read the first,
but I was able to fill in the blanks adequately. Adam was by
far my favorite character. The amount of attention to Adam's
character arc is astounding.
The reader can feel his pain
and frustration, his guilt, and his trepidation. I felt more
for him than I have felt for a main character in some time,
and by that I mean I could feel what he was feeling. All of
this is due to the outstanding writing by Alex Hughes. I
have thankfully never dealt with addiction, but the picture
that's painted in this narrative is harrowing and contains
real depth. The plot was deliciously complex and one that I
had to go back and reference earlier pages to keep up with
at times. This is not to say that it was too complicated,
only that it was full of twists and subplots. Another sign
of good writing. SHARP is a fresh take on urban fantasy
in a market filled with stale ideas.
HISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF, EVEN FOR
TELEPATHS....
As a Level Eight telepath, I am the best police
interrogator in the department. But I'm not a cop—I
never will be—and my only friend on the force,
Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino, is avoiding me
because of a telepathic link I created by accident.
And I might not even be an interrogator for much
longer. Our boss says unless I pull out a miracle, I'll be
gone before Christmas. I need this job, damn it. It's the
only thing keeping me sane.
Parts for illegal Tech—the same parts used to
bring the world to its knees in the Tech Wars sixty years
ago—are being hijacked all over the city. Plus
Cherbino's longtime nemesis, a cop killer, has resurfaced
with a vengeance. If I can stay alive long enough, I just
might be able to prove my worth, once and for all...
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