Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: The Judas Gate

Subtitle: (Evan Buckley #15)

Author: James Harper

Genre: Crime, Mystery

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 15

Best read after earlier books in series? Can be read as stand-alone

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59747681-the-judas-gate

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

A lot has happened since the first books in this series and some of the information in these is missed by not having read those books yet. Still it can be read as a stand-alone.

Several years earlier, Evan caught Carl Hendricks, a murderer now in jail. Or, he would be if he wasn’t dying of pancreatic cancer. When the body of a young boy is found in what was his back garden, he summons Evan for a deathbed confession in the hospital. But all isn’t as it seems.

What I liked about the book:

The book is action-packed, and full of suspense.

What I didn’t like about the book:

I loved the entire book.

My favourite bits in the book:

I enjoyed the entire book.

My least favourite bits in the book:

The book was enjoyable in its entirety.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

This is the fourth book I’ve read by this author but I look forward to reading more. I’m tempted to buy the earlier books in the series to get a full picture of what happens to Evan.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This is a mystery full of suspense.

Recommendation:

In summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:

Children No

Young Adult Possibly

Adult Yes

If you like suspense, this book may be the book for you.

I look forward to reading more by this author.

Book Description by Author:

When a young boy’s remains are found in a shallow grave on land belonging to PI Evan Buckley’s avowed enemy, the monster Carl Hendricks, the police are desperate for Evan's help in solving a case that's been dead in the water for the past thirteen years. Hendricks is dying, and Evan is the only person he’ll share his deathbed confession with. Except Evan knows Hendricks of old. Did he really kill the boy? And if so, why does he want to confess to Evan?

As he revisits the original cold case, Evan's honesty and motives are questioned by the lead detective who failed to solve it. Worse, he soon finds himself at the center of some very unwelcome attention, the shadow of a killer's crosshairs hanging over him. Nor is he the only one to awaken a dormant killer as Hendricks finds out the hard way that he’s set events in motion that he can’t control.

The deeper Evan gets drawn into the case, the worse the betrayal at its core becomes, until once more he's forced to take up the reluctant mantle of hanging judge, his fate to decide who should pay and who will walk free.

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