Blood on the Sun

by Stuart M. Kaminsky

Book Overview

Detective Mac Taylor is a dedicated crime scene investigator who believes that everything is connected and everyone has a story. He and Detective Stella Bonasera lead a team of crack forensic experts... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416509585
• ISBN13: 9781416509585
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Pocket Star
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

A Great, Quick Read

This was a GREAT CSI: NY read, and I don't even like the show! As always, there were two separate storylines: Mac and Danny are working on the murder of a young teen and both her parents, along with the disappeareance of their young son. Stella and Aidan are working on a case that seems to involve ritualistic murders -- while at the same time, someone is stalking Stella and wants her dead. A great, fast read!

Drug on for just a little too long....

I liked this book, don't get me wrong! I just felt like the last 60 or so pages were completely pointless and served only to drag the storyline out. It almost seemed like Kaminsky thought he gave too much away too soon and then tried to come back and fix it. I did enjoy the book, particularly the themes concerning the Jewish faith that weaved their way throughout. The stalker theme seemed a little forced to me, and I would have liked to see the mystery last a little longer on that front. Overall, this was a good book. There are some inconsistencies with the characters that viewers of CSI: NY may or may not pick up on. The timeframe for when this book is set is also a little inconsistent with character developments that viewers will be aware of, if, of course, they catch the timing indicators. I enjoyed this book and read it in a matter of a few days (if it was bad, I wouldn't have finished it quickly). It's a good story, though, as I said, it feels a little forced toward the end.

Good Kaminsky--overlook the TV aspect

When I first heard about this book, I said, "Oh, no; Kaminsky's whoring himself out to the TV people." He has, of course, written TV material before, but I always thought his Lew Fonesca and Abe Lieberman books were far superior. (I was in Sarasota a while back, and I went to Fonesca's corner late one night and saw the Dairy Queen. Very spooky!). As it turns out, Kaminsky wrote this "CSI" book with his usual aplomb, and it's a good one. But it's a lot more gory than his usual stuff--in keeping with the theme of the show--with lots of forensic details, etc. There's a Jewish theme--which is Kaminsky's home turf--running through the story, and it makes for an interesting crime scenario. This book is more formulaic than usual, due to requisite demands of a TV series, but Kaminsky is a still a great storyteller.