The Poison of War by Jennifer LeeperMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I received an advanced copy of The Poison of War.
It had some interesting stories to tell but none were the actual story I got to read. It is a short read so I kept with it.
The book opens with the crime scene of two murdered drug traffickers on the Tohono O’odham lands near the Mexican boarder.
What follows is a disjointed search for the killer. Some people are questioned each detective has his own pet suspect. Then there's a jolt and it's someone entirely different.
None of the characters were fleshed out and felt quite 2 dimensional, the political unrest was used in the background but never really delved into.
I felt like this was the beginnings of the fleshing out of a story rather than a complete novel in itself.
A story of the 6 months prior to the murders or the 6 months right after the end of the book seem like they would have held much more interesting and meaningful stories.
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