Title: Flashback

Reviewer: laly13

Author: EvelynMysteryScott

Genre: Mystery\Thriller

Summary:

Evelyn Scott is the head homicide detective in NYPD, she has a great team to back her up, and they have solved dozens of cases. But, why is this guy so hard?

There is a copycat killer on the loose. The case seems hopeless until he 'slips up' and they see a little more of who he is.

Review:

chapter 1:

I liked how it started; It started straight to the point and it makes your mind work inmediately to create hunches. The cons were little grammar errors (in some sentences a period was needed instead of commas for example) and there were small details that though they weren't a nuissance they ain't a priority in the story. If you want to add the character's car model or describe what she wears then it's ok, but don't make it a regular thing.

chapter 2:

It's looks like the first chapter, but the mystery web is more tangled, dark pasts are slowly revealed and gruesome effects were added. And all of that is good cause it takes the development process at a comfortable pace. The cons\things to improve is the same grammar thing.

chapter 3:

This is more of a filler. Though there was a small cliffhanger, it was a pretty short chapter and the action was the same as the other two: investigating bizarre replicas of murders (sorry for the mini spoiler to whoever is reading this).

chapter 4:

Some interesting things started to build up. I feel the investigation progress is a little bit slow (right now I expect bigger discoveries or any plot twist that can make me do conspiracy theories), but it's good that at least more leads could be seen. My highlight is the building love triangle. Both guys make good competition for each other, the tension is easy to get hooked with and romance is always accepted in mystery books as long as it doesn't eat the whole story (which it hasn't yet).

chapter 5:

Filler chapter+ cliffhanger= never a good combination. If you're going to use them, try to always write them separately and never make them a regular thing so the readers can't lose interest.

chapter 6-10 and beyond:

The last 5 chapters were good. The Personal drama is hooking and a mind sedative to the mystery web of the Flashback. Unfortunately the investigation is still stuck in slow motion.

As for the book in general is worth reading. I think the best mystery books are the ones that you have to watch out for every single word because one simple distraction will get you lost, and this book has that quality (I got lost a couple of times for fast reading hehe). My recommendations are: fasten up a little the development (show more solid leads instead of throwing more dead people), balance the mystery and the drama (these last chapters started to lean more towards the love triangle and family drama than anything else when in reality the reader will want to play homicide detective), find some editors for the grammar errors (the most common error was the bad use of period and comma plus some little typos), and when the time to reveal the killer comes, try to do it originally (cause how the reveal happens in 90% of stories is the protagonist getting kidnapped, and personally I want to know I want to know if there's more ways of busting the bad guy). This is all, keep writing and take care ;)

Rating(1-10)- 7\10