A King of Infinite Space by Tyler Dilts5/27/2023 ![]() ![]() I listened to the audio book, which was very well read by Alex Hyde-White. There is a right way to blend these references in that can add realism to a story, but it is a bit awkward here. So despite my lukewarm review, I actually just clicked and bought the next in the series from Amazon (but the Kindle version was only 99 cents, and I had a credit.) I should mention that this is also one of those books where the author can't restrain from commenting on a lot of other books, songs, Starbucks, etc. ![]() ![]() The author is much better at characterization than plotting. The ending is satisfying, but it is the growing relationship between the two detectives that is really the heart of the book. ![]() The investigation is a bit plodding, however, and at one point even ignores an obvious suspect. Two Long Beach, California police detectives, the male still grieving for his dead wife, and the female who is also a martial arts instructor, investigate the brutal murder of a teacher in her classroom after school. March 19, 2011, The Present State and Future of Publishing with CSULB creative writing instructor Tyler Dilts, author of A King of Infinite Space. The writing is fluid and easy to understand but doesn't have much style. This is a solidly engaging but unexceptional police procedural. ![]()
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