4 out of 4 stars
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Pancake Money by Finn Bell is a highly engaging murder mystery. The entire plot revolves around the protagonist who is a police officer named as Bobby. The author tells this story from Bobby’s perspective. Numerous priests are found dead with some mysterious circumstances, and the protagonist is given the charge of this case to punish the guilty. The entire story finishes within a few days with everything going very fast as in an action movie. The protagonist gets a lot of help and guidance from another senior police officer with the name Pollo, especially in this case. Master and a disciple type of relationships exist between these two police officers. Pollo always tells Bobby about the demand of the police officer job and controlling emotion on duty.
The elaborate depictions of the encounters in between the antagonist and the protagonists give an experience of watching a movie made out of this story. The description of murder scenes in a fine detail makes it difficult to guess about the climax. Several dialogues regarding the criminal psychology give the ideas of the motive behind the crimes. Without giving any of the spoilers in the starting episodes, the plot is full of suspense. Until the last chapter, I could not guess about the real culprit.
I do not recommend this book for those who are very sensitive to the violence and blood and easily get disturbed. The book was very much captivating, and I enjoyed reading the entire book in one stretch. The author keeps the readers engaged by revealing the plot at a controlled pace at a proper time. I like the author’s effort to educate the reader about such motives such as a want of money, greed for more power, and revenge, which can trigger an individual to commit a crime. However, all the people are not the same because psychological factor also plays an important role. If an individual experience bullies for a long time, then there can be a possibility of that individual becoming a criminal.
I found a few repetitions of the phrases in the dialogues by different characters, which may appear weird to the reader. I feel that the author wanted to stress more on those points by repeating them. The reader should not take the scenes depicted in the book seriously and think about it repeatedly because they are imaginary and not real.
I did not find any significant formatting errors or grammatical errors, which gives a good flow while reading this book. I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars for the quality work that is quite effective. I recommend this book to those who like an action-packed thriller.
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Pancake Money
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