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| Mission Road | 
 enlarge | Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 988583
Media: Hardcover
Edition: RB Large Print
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.5 x 1
ISBN: 0553801856
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553801859
ASIN: 0553801856
Publication Date: June 28, 2005
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 Excellent October 1, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Rick Riordan can flat out write. I was hooked after reading his first book, "Big Red Tequila." This may be the most "mature" Navarre book to date and will leave you wanting more. I couldn't put this book down and literally flew through it. Now I am left anxiously awaiting his next book. I highly recommend any book by Riordan; keep 'em coming Rick.
 Not the best in the series, but still a good read June 30, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Sustaining momentum in a series is always difficult, and a little strain shows in this sixth Tres Navarre novel. Thankfully, while Tres' act might wear somewhat thin, his girlfriend Maia Lee is around to pick up the slack.
The premise involves the shooting of cop Ana Deleon, and its relation to a cold case from almost 20 years before. Ralph Arguello, Ana's husband and Tres' friend, is an obvious and likely suspect, so it's up to Tres to help keep him free and to prove his innocence. Given that the case also ties into the White family, San Antonio's largest crime family, Tres must also keep Ralph from their grasp.
While Tres' behavior might seem somewhat old hat to those who have read the other books in the series, Maia emerges as a character equal to Tres. Her actions, both physical and otherwise, help the book through some weak spots. Hopefully, this will keep the series going strong for a while.
As I said in the title, this certainly isn't the best effort of the series - I'd put it somewhere in the middle. But I still think Tres, Maia, and the others have room to grow, and I think the series can sustain itself for a few more novels. Riordan is one of our most undervalued contemporary crime/p.i. writers, and it would be great to see this series grow in popularity.
Mission Road September 2, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This the best Rick Riordan yet. A real page turner with many twists in the plot.
Continuing a superb series October 13, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although his peers, such as Lehane, McGarrity, and Connelly certainly deserve their acclaim, I don't understand why Riordan hasn't appeared to receive the same acknowledgement as an accomplished mystery writer. This guy is good! I agree with a previous reviewer that Riordan stumbled a bit with SOUTHTOWN, but he's recovered very nicely with MISSION ROAD. I sometimes wish Riordan would turn books out at a faster clip---I"m always anxious for his next novel---but I suppose the time he takes in crafting his stories is worth the wait
Spenser is 1 in 10,000. Make up your mind February 27, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is my first Rick Riordan novel and it is my intention to read them all. It reminds me of Robert Ferrigno's brilliant "Heartbreaker," dark, edgy.
Mr. Riordan is very successful in jumping tenses, and you get a good feel for the other characters. I am unfamiliar with San Antonio so I felt, like GM Ford in Seattle, he was able to use the city like a character as well.
You know the plot. Beautiful but extremely credible cop falls in love and marries criminal. She rotates her shift to the (now) ever popular 'cold case' section and investigates a murder that has earmarks of her husband's tawdry past. And she's about to finger . . ., when she's shot and in a coma.
What I didn't care for is the wisecracking. It seemed to me, again like Ferrigno and Kyle Mills' alter ego, Michael Crow, that Riordan set out to write a dark novel. These are good. There's a huge place for them. Read James Lee Burke.
Dark novels don't do comedy well. You don't wear a baseball hat to a funeral. Crais and Parker and DeMille do smart aleck retorts well. That's their intention. I think Mr. Riordan should stick with the noir. 4 stars. Larry Scantlebury
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