In Blindman’s Bluff, an extremely wealthy family is gunned down at their ranch. The son survives but is in serious condition. Peter Decker and his team of detectives are in charge of the case. In addition, a couple of the guards go missing. It’s pretty clear early on that this was an inside job, and the person ultimately responsible is someone who is a member of the family. Decker’s wife gets in the middle of it when a blind man working at the court where she is doing jury duty overhears a couple of gang members talking about what went down. This information and the ridiculous follies of the criminals involved lead Decker to learn who is responsible for the killings.

This was a very ordinary and average mystery novel. There is nothing remotely exceptional about the novel. The worst aspect of the novel was the dialogue. It didn’t sound like actual people talking and sounded very sugary and something out of a day at a Disney theme park. The criminals seemed like a bunch of idiots, making mistake after mistake and not getting simple tasks done. They were built up to be hardcore gangsters, but they were actually depicted as hardcore bozos. Having said that, the novel still had entertainment value and could be read for that.

Carl Alves – author of Conjesero ( )