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Well, it took me a couple of times to read this through and establish my
opinion of the book. The creator at Uncommon Con sold me on it with the tag line of,
"Its a science fiction story with a bulldog inspector as the hero." It sounded cool
enough, and the cover was nifty. I thought, "What the heck." and bought it.
Sure enough...you have this futuristic city with a bulldog as the head
inspector for the police force of the city. First thing youre introduced to is this
scene of one incredibly green police officer, whos trying to figure out
what to do with the alien that has just swallowed his partner. This encounter leads
to further foreshadowing of the inspectors past. The alien was guarding a safe
with something important for someone. Do we see part of the mystery now?
The kid genius of Complex City makes toys for the police and hates the only
person in the town who's smarter than him. Im not sure this is solely jealousy. I
think theres something more than that. All the pieces are set up beautifully
for the book, and strangely enough, Im really not sure whats connected
together in the mystery, which is really odd considering Ive read WAAAAY too many
murder mysteries. I can usually piece together parts of it by now. Im not
sure whether I like this or whether it solely annoys me.
Overall, it's definitely worth picking up if you like mysteries. It appears
to have several layers to it which always makes things more interesting. Im
certainly gonna look into picking up the second book to see where JE Smith
is going with this one.
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