Ryne Douglas Pearson

This wasn't one of those "OH THIS IS THE BEST BOOK I EVER READ" type of books, but it was entertaining. Sometimes a book doesn't have to be a high-brow read. Sometimes it is a book that you just want to read for a bit of downtime between something more serious. The main issue I had with this book was that the writer made it fairly obvious from almost the beginning what was going on. I predicted what had happened almost 5% into the book and even told my partner so that someone would know I wasn't making up that I figured it out that early on.

The steps to get to understanding why the individual did what they did in the book though is interesting and part of what makes this a fun read. It isn't ever going to be a classic by any means, but who needs every single book they read to be a classic. Sometimes I just want to read pure mystery drivel. A book that you are on the edge of your seat wondering "WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?" and this book does that. You want to know what is going to happen and where the story is going to ultimately lead to.

I would not recommend this book to everyone, but anyone that wants to read a mystery that is easily solvable, but has interesting characters should definitely give this book a shot. I was going to see what else this author has written, but it appears that they have primarily wrote a lot of government thrillers, which is simply not my cup of tea, but this one is anything but that.… (mere)

Confessions. Ryne Douglas Pearson. 2010. I got sucked in again by reviews that claimed this was a great Catholic book. Not quite Kindle Trash but close. Critics on Amazon claimed it was “too Catholic,” but I thought that was the best part. A priest is called to hear the confession of a dying thug. While listening to the confession the priest realizes this man must have participated in the murder of his sister several years ago. It took a great leap of logic to reach that conclusion as far as I am concerned. Anyway, the priest lets the man die without absolving him. This and the seal of confession is where all the Catholic stuff comes in. The priest agonizes over this most of the novel, but that does not stop him from trying to find out who and why his sister was murdered. There are a few twists in the plot and a little suspense, and the murderer was a surprise, but I realized there was so little character development that I didn’t care. Pearson writes screen plays, and this might make a good Lifeline movie.… (mere)

I'd give this a 3.5 stars. It was a great story about a priest who is called in the middle of the night to hear a dying man's confession, only to find out the man is confessing to killing a woman 5 years ago, and that woman was the priest's sister! Since the confession is confidential, the priest does his own investigation / verification of what he has heard.

A couple times, the author gave me a whole lot of story (which I skimmed over). But when all is said and done, it was a well put together mystery.

PLUS, it was one of Kindle's freebies! Good deal!… (mere)