Review #2, 2020 - DM For Murder

We live in a world where everything is instant. Cup a noodles. Shopping away at a click. Food. News. Murder? Welcome to the new reality introduced by Matt Bendoris (author).

Continuous confusion of plots and far too many characters.

When TV host, Bryce Horrigan, is murdered, the police is confronted with one of a kind mystery to solve, where the motive to commit such a crime can lie with any of the ten million followers that this personality had on Twitter, due to the riot of political and social stances that Bryce had managed to oppose or be in favour of that made him pretty famous (unpopular, infamous more likely). And the killer keeps taunting the police through Bryce's own Twitter account. Not helpful.

For most part, this book is an entertainer. Matt Bendoris manages to keep readers captivated with two/three plots running simultaneously, hence, readers will continuously try to unravel the mystery of the Twitter killer, till we hit the book about halfway, where anyone with a keen sense of Sherlock in them (someone like me) already knows who the killer is, and is just reading on to find out the motive, which is concealed until the very end. Also, the continuous confusion of plots and far too many characters, adds to a little boredom, and honestly, lack of perspective to many characters in the book.

Honestly, it is not a WOW book. It's something of a light read for mystery and thriller fans, and a quick read too, for those who are extremely regular at reading (someone I used to be).