Book Review: "The Corruptible" by Mark Mynheir

If you like a good detective novel this is a perfect choice for you.  I really liked this book and thought that it was really well written.  The main character, Ray Quinn, is a very "real" person and you find yourself easily able to identify with him.  This is the second Ray Quinn novel.  I didn't read the first one but I didn't find it a problem at all when reading this book.

Ray is a former police detective that has been forced to retire due to health issues.  He now owns his own private detective agency.  He has a slew of friends that travel in and out of his circle of society.  Each character is fully developed and understandable.  There isn't any character that doesn't have a need or a place in the story.

There are a couple of things that are missing from this story.  It is so well written that it is easy to over look these missing items.  What is missing is gratuitous sex and bad language.  I almost didn't mention this about the book except that the story isn't hurt in any way by the lack of these things.  It also isn't done in a way to be noticeably absent.  You know what I mean, those books that try soooo hard to be clean that it feels forced at stiff because of it.  This does not happen in "The Corruptible."  As a matter of fact, it wasn't until half way through the book that the thought even entered my mind that I hadn't read a single curse word.  That is pretty impressive for a tough and gritty murder mystery.

I will be looking up the first Ray Quinn novel "The Night Watchman" to read in the near future.  I recommend that you go out and give them a try, too.

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