I was a fan from the previous book so i had some preconceptions going in that were more than met. If anything i found this to be even more enjoyble than the first book, perhaps as it has less of the backstories than the first one did so it can concentrate more on the action at hand. That doesn't mean to say any new readers are coming into this blind, there is some brief backstory for most of the main characters - and if you enjoy this book then you can find out more of the history with the first book.
The main action of this book centres around the mysterious Jericho, a walled compound within New York, created by a Mohammedan Immigrant and sneakily expanded upon right under the noses of the city officials. No one knows what goes on inside the walls or just how big the compound actually is.
Our protagonist Justy (a marshall of the city) starts off investigating the death of a young woman who had her stomach slit wide open, this inevitably leads him inside Jericho where girls seem to go but never come back. Something more mysterious is afoot - what is the charismatic preacher who leads the compound really up to? Girls are promised a better life if they join, but it may not be what it appears.
Our other main character Kerry O'Toole, who found the dying girl in an alley, goes undercover to break into Jericho to see if she can uncover what is going on, but things don't quite go to plan.
There is a wealth of action to enjoy, and quite a lot of language from the era, so much there are several pages of glossary at the back which i found myself having to refer to a few times when i couldn't work out a word. I didn't notice quite as much of this in the first book.
I can't wait to see what Justy and Kerry get up to next.
The main action of this book centres around the mysterious Jericho, a walled compound within New York, created by a Mohammedan Immigrant and sneakily expanded upon right under the noses of the city officials. No one knows what goes on inside the walls or just how big the compound actually is.
Our protagonist Justy (a marshall of the city) starts off investigating the death of a young woman who had her stomach slit wide open, this inevitably leads him inside Jericho where girls seem to go but never come back. Something more mysterious is afoot - what is the charismatic preacher who leads the compound really up to? Girls are promised a better life if they join, but it may not be what it appears.
Our other main character Kerry O'Toole, who found the dying girl in an alley, goes undercover to break into Jericho to see if she can uncover what is going on, but things don't quite go to plan.
There is a wealth of action to enjoy, and quite a lot of language from the era, so much there are several pages of glossary at the back which i found myself having to refer to a few times when i couldn't work out a word. I didn't notice quite as much of this in the first book.
I can't wait to see what Justy and Kerry get up to next.