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Middle of Nowhere (2005)

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1401308171 (ISBN13: 9781401308179)
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Although I tend to dislike reading serial books out of order, I have only happened across two of Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series thus far and so have had to read them out of sequence. Notwithstanding, Middle of Nowhere was another excellent police procedural centred around a very personable, very believable central character.Lou Boldt is a very likable cop, he has all the failings of any ordinary human being, and the linkages between his work and his personal life are quite evident, the way they would be with a factual person you know well. The dark side of the police force came out in this particular novel, the politics and dirty pool that go along with it, and the dark side of any organised force of humans is exposed. Rather than engender anger, though, this makes you all the more determined to cheer for Boldt, as he deals with criminals both external and internal with the unfailing instincts of a detective honed through years of experience and the honour of a man honed through years of adherence to principle, although sometimes that grip can seem tenuous.An excellent novel that left me wanting to see more of Lou Boldt and will keep me on the lookout for more in the series.

The story starts with a detective arriving home at the end of her shift and her neck being broken in what appears to be a robbery gone wrong. To make matters worse, the Seattle PD is going through a period of the 'Blue Flu' due to the edicts of a new police chief. It's almost as if there are two stories going on, one that involves a string of robberies and another that involves police against police due to crossing of the invisible strike zone. I enjoy these types of books but I'm always troubles with Lou Boldt's attraction to Daphne, the police psychologist and detective (I'm a little confused how she is both). She is supposed to be wonderful at her job but I hate the way she interacts with her married comrade and the risks she takes in her job.

What do You think about Middle Of Nowhere (2005)?

Lou Boldt is one of the few at work in the Seattle police department which is suffering a collective 'sick out'. (This, apparently has nothing to do with the November WTO excitement…) And things are getting bad. One of the other working members of the department was viciously attacked in her home. Boldt, himself, was attacked at his home and there is a string of mysterious burglaries. Pearson truly captures Seattle which makes all of his books great fun for me, but the Boldt series, I think, holds up no matter where you are.
—Susan

The majority of the Seattle Police force is out with the "blue flu," an unofficial strike protesting the new Police Chief's mandate against earning overtime pay and restricting off-duty jobs. With the reduction of cops, only about one-fifth are signing in, crime is on the increase and it's the luck of the draw who works each case. That is how homicide detective, Lieutenant Lou Boldt ends up working a string of burglaries and why police psychologist Daphne Matthews draws lead on an assault case of fellow officer, Maria Sanchez, who is brutally attacked at her home and now lays paralyzed from a broken neck. The perpetrator sets the scene up so that the Sanchez case looks like a rape. But then, again, the television set is missing. Maybe, she surprised the burglar. It's either a "twisted burglar, or a greedy rapist" according to Detective Bobbie Gaynes. Neither MO feels right. Boldt and Matthews fear a "black hole." Then as the blue flu continues, there's this nagging question - was it cop against cop - unthinkable for a line of work that relies on each other for protection.Read the rest of my review here:http://mostlyfiction.com/sleuths/pear...
—Judi

The Blu Flu has the Seattle Police force divided. In the middle, still working is LT Boldt. He is trying to track down a burglar when his own colleagues start getting beating. This story is very twisted and has many different things going on at the same time. It really keeps you guessing and turning pages!The only issues I had with the story were the dialogue and the rambling. The author makes the dialogue between the characters feel stilted. I almost quit reading after the first chapter. What he left out of the conversations he put into the scenery and descriptions. The book has 499 pages which could have been less if they left out some of the lengthy descriptions. Example. The description of the cell phone tower tracking. I skimmed. All in all it was a really good story.
—Jeanette

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