As the Crow Flies

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Review #1

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I’ve been kicking myself over this book for two weeks. It was a “Daily Deal” when I bought it, and at the time, three other books in this series by Damien Boyd were also on sale. I’d never read anything by this author, had never heard of him, even, so I hesitated. Even though these books sounded exactly like something I’d like, even though they all four sounded good, should I buy all four? Or just the first?

My frugal self came out, and I bought just this first one.

My mistake. Shoulda bought them all.

After reading maybe 40 pages I ran back to the computer, trying to buy the rest — but the “Day” had passed, and the others were now back at full price. Well, rats. I hate it when that happens. So I finished the first, and resolved to look for the others.

This is a strange book “fit” for me. I know nothing whatever about climbing — I didn’t even know they had established routes. I didn’t know anything about equipment, or what anything was called. I wasn’t even sure why anyone would do such a thing — well, that hasn’t changed. But somehow I got hooked by the book. It’s fun to learn about some completely new topic — as a cranky and sometimes achy granny, I still have no interest what in climbing anything higher than to the upstairs bedroooms, but it was fun to learn about something completely new.

It strikes me that this is a “Dragnet” book — a ‘just the facts’ police procedural. You don’t get a lot of personality here, not a lot of mental anguishing over this or that. What’s really, completely and totally unusual is that DI Nick Dixon has a supportive boss in the police department. That NEVER happens – the industry standard in this genre is that the detective, whoever it is, is constantly under threat from higher-ups, constantly being threatened with firing, with being removed from the case, with being transferred, being hung, drawn and quartered. None of that here — in fact, Dixon’s boss twice suggests that Dixon slow down, take the rest of the day off, take care of himself. Maybe because it’s so different, that’s kind of refreshing. And Dixon passes it on — on a couple of occasions, one of his underlings questions or seems to criticize how Dixon is handling the case. Instead of blowing up — or retreating — Dixon simply asks, “Who’s running this case?” and when the underling gives the correct answer — “You are, sir” the matter is concluded. That too is kind of refreshing.

So this book has a lot going for it: it’s a completely different topic for me — I learned a few things about climbing. It has forceful personalities, yet not quarrelsome or argumentative ones. There’s not a lot of atmosphere — which normally I like — but here, the spare telling seems appropriate. I really liked this book, and felt bereft when I finished it. Whatever I read next wasn’t going to be as good.

But here’s the good news: today I found the other three books for sale on Audible.com at a very fair price. Good deal! The next ones I’ll listen to, not read, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy them just as much.

Review #2

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Okay, I’m now a Damien Boyd fan. I wasn’t really sure what to expect with Damien’s book “As the Crow Flies.” I knew I loved the cover depicting crows flying about an early morning or late evening sky, with a rock climber cantilevered obviously very high up from the edge of a rock. I believe I’ve dreamt of that rock, and it wasn’t a good dream either.
It didn’t take long for me to “get into” the fast paced page turning story of a police investigator who is investigating the death, by falling, naturally, off that rock, of his old rock climbing partner. Nick, the cop, is investigating Jake’s (the fallen climber’s) accidental death where his rope came undone on a dangerous section of the climb.
Seems the knot holding the chap to the wall had come loose. Bummer. Nick is not buying the accidental theory. Says the inspector: “It’s not a mistake Jake would make… We’ve always used to use a reef knot with a half hitch either side.”
It’s a beautiful but serious police procedural story in the British style that Damien is offering us, and one I will keep recommending every chance I get. It’s not to be missed so I’m giving it the highest marks possible.
Denniger

Review #3

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Who is Nick Dixon? Okay, we know he isn’t ambitious, as he passed up a promotion to leave for a less desirable policing job. We know he says he got some medal or another and though he acts reluctant to talk about it, blabbed out he had one in front of a bad guy and another officer he was obviously attracted to. We know he has a dog and he’s a risk-taker, in fact, used to climb rock faces. That may be about it. Parents? I don’t know. Family? I don’t know. Personality, not much that I can figure out.

Really, very little about the character, or the characters of anyone else for that matter. One of the women in the book seems to like him and vice versa. Why? I don’t know b/c I know so little about them or most anyone else in the story. And that includes the villain.

Other than that, it was a pretty good story. A little, but not too much, information about some esoteric subjects and a couple of risks in solving the case that makes no sense to me, but I guess help make an exciting conclusion.

Review #4

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Having just read ‘Dead Lock’, the 8th book in the D.I. Nick Dixon series, I felt I was missing something having not read any of the seven preceding novels. ‘As The Crow Flies’ is the first book in the series and overall I have mixed feeling about it.
There are a number of positive aspects to this novel: (1) it is a relatively short novel that can be read within a couple of hours; (2) it has more than one story-line or case for the police to solve – although one of them gets solved quite quickly; (3) if you are interested in rock climbing, it has a considerable amount of quite detailed descriptions about this challenging physical and mental sport.
But I was a little disappointed by the plot, atmosphere and characterisation. The plot is fairly straight forward; it follows a police investigation into a rock climbing accident that had resulted in the death of Jake Fayter, a friend and former rock-climbing mentor / partner of D.I. Nick Dixon. Putting aside whether or not Dixon would be allowed to investigate a case involving a personal friend, we soon discover that Jake Fayter is a very different person from the one Dixon used to know. The plot is fairly straightforward with few red herrings to lead the reader astray (which some readers may actually welcome of course). The pacing of the plot however is not helped by the large number of characters we have to keep track of and the number of quite detailed sections on rock climbing. We do not really learn much about the personalities of the lead characters and Dixon comes across as a rather direct and condescending individual when dealing with his police colleagues (many of whom he clearly thinks are inept at policing). I also have a sense that the style of writing varies; the climbing sequences, while detailed, are certainly written by someone who loves rock climbing, while the writing in rest of the story, by comparison, seems a little more pedestrian.
So overall, I have mixed feelings about the novel and am pleased it was not the first of the books in the D.I. Nick Dixon series I had read.

Review #5

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You always know when you have gotten on to a good novel – time passes you by without asking your permission – and so I can recommend ‘As the crow flies’, without hesitation, since it has stolen hours from my vacation. Though of course they were handed over willingly.
A believable plot with logical progression, but not the obvious conclusions, written with a natural flow, and so makes for an enjoyable journey. This has proven to be the case with Damien Boyd’s writing, and so with further logic l look forward to the next story by this talented writer.

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