Reviewing Secrets to the Grave

More reading time on the bus definitely gives me an opportunity to peruse more books. The most recent story that I finished is Secrets To The Grave by Tami Hoag. This is the sequel to her novel See No Evil. Both a must read. The story in Secrets To The Grave moves smoothly with plenty of twists and turns to the story. Hoag's book kept me compelled from beginning to end. Some of the specific things I liked about this novel was;

Characters-I love the Vince Leone character. He is a perfect example of a charismatic, smart, hard-nosed Detective that is vulnerable. Surviving a gunshot to the head, introduced in the book See No Evil, is just one reason Vince Leone is vulnerable, and has some frailties.

Hoag does a wonderful job of introducing new characters, as well as, fitting characters from the first book back into the story

Quote-Hoag gave me a couple of quotes that I'll remember. The first one and first part of the quote comes from Ernest Hemingway in the book A Farewell To Arms which is "The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. May you grow strong at the broken places."

The last one comes from Vince Leone when he tells his partner "We can look at anything and make it simple. Even murder. Every one of them can be boiled down to this: Either somebody didn't get what they wanted, or someone wanted exactly what they got. Disappointment or desire."

Excellent read!