Betrayal in Brooklyn by W. J. ReevesMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
W.J. Reeves "Betrayal in Brooklyn" is an easy read. Right off the bat, action greets you within the first few pages. Being a southerner, upon reading the first chapter or so it did take some getting use to the sayings of the slang used in New York. But looking past that Reeves really displayed the knowledge he obtained as detective fiction author.
"Betrayal in Brooklyn," is reminiscent of our tv's CSI and Law and Order with a tad bit of humor and drama involved. Reeve's character professor Richard Bucceroni , provides the narrative in this story. Reeve's portrayed Bucceroni as an older gentleman but by no means a nice safe gentleman, which I like. Bucceroni grew up in that hard life moved out of it but in some ways still kept his street mentality. His sidekick Candy was in my opinion a needed character to enhance Bucceroni's character and make sense in my opinion is motives. They complement each other well.
Reeves definitely wrote a good detective novel from beginning to end. The story line starts off with a bang literally in the first pages and intertwines college life, gangs, University office politics and not to mention murder successfully. The read was straight forward, entertaining and captivating. It grips the reader from the start and provides just enough twists and turns that leaves one guessing who did and how.
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