Deadly Conditions

This is a review for the first four books in the series. I have loved all of the stories and the characters and would have given them a greater number of stars if it weren’t for the many and frequent grammatical errors. It is annoying and distracting since there may be several on one page. Do writers not have a proof reader anymore? Here are just two examples: “Anyways…..”. The word “Anyway” is not plural. Ever. “He didn’t know where he left his jacket at”. The word “at” is a preposition. You should never end a sentence with one. There are regular misuses of words such as was/were, saw/seen. And at least once “your” was used instead of “you’re”. As others have said before me, “itch” is a feeling on the skin, “scratch” is what you do to relieve it….you don’t itch it..

The characters are well developed and interesting. The plots exciting and paced just fast enough to hold a reader’s interest. I will continue to complete the series but I highly recommend that Mr. Carson pay more attention to proof reading. It is difficult to take an author seriously when the errors are ones that would be covered in English 101.

This series is growing on me. Yes, as reviews say, there are grammatical errors but not a big deal to me. The plot was a bit over the top but the characters are being fleshed out and the reader gets to know them and care about them. I like that. Of course I look to compare to C.J. Box and William Kent Krueger, the uber pros at this genre…..but I look forward to each book. I do not want a book with foul language and gratuitous violence as way too many books have now. These books do not and that is a sure winner for me. I want mystery, escapism and characters I get to know and hopefully like…or like to not like. :-). This series fits the bill. Keep them coming and my bet is that they will improve with each book. Very glad I found this series! I am famous for typing too fast and grammar falls by wayside, too so I am hardly the person to be the judge of others but he is IS a pro…so I threw that in. 🙂

I have now read the first 4 books in this series. Deadly Conditions is the fourth. The third book Alive and Killing was the best of the group. The first and the fourth are not worth reading. The second book Silversmith was OK. His plots unfortunately are not believable. David Wolf is a Superman who can defeat all bad guys and all the beautiful woman that he meets are hopelessly in love with him. All except his exwife who apparently knows better. The little town he lives in is apparently infested with perverts and villains of all shapes and sizes. I bought the fourth book bass on the third. It was a mistake.

Skiers at the Rocky Mountain resort are enjoying the aftermath of a huge snowstorm… Meanwhile, the residents of nearby Rocky Points are slowly but surely digging themselves out… A snow plow uncovers the body of a young woman who was murdered… Sluice County Sheriff David Wolf and his deputies will have to work hard to find the killer before he strikes again…

Right away, I was drawn into this story by the description of the skiers and new snow. I have taken holidays twice in Colorado and the skiing is epic! This story moved along at a decent pace and was very entertaining. Once again, I got a feel for the surroundings and everything is easy to visualise as I read. The characters are now like old friends and it is fun to follow the clues and solve the mysteries with Sheriff Wolf and his Sluice County Deputies. There were the usual twists and turns to keep me interested in the story. I did not figure out the whodunnits before they were revealed and I like that in a mystery. I am hooked on this series!

I am having a bit of a problem deciding on this one. So I am going with 3 stars as a middle road kind of decision.
The TYPO’s were many, ones that a Spell Check could not pick out because they are spelled right, it is just the WRONG word in that place, or words were missing. Why do so many authors NOT proof read their own material before they publish or at the least have several proofreaders on hand to read it for them? I have proofread for several authors and never gotten paid for even one, so I know authors can find free proofreaders out there if they wanted or cared enough to put the best work they can for sale.
Okay so with that said…….

This is my first book by this author and this is the 4th in this series, so even though this is a stand alone book it was a bit confusing for me the first 6 chapters. But after Chapter 6 things got a lot better and moved along enough to keep my interest.
I like WOLF a lot, so I might go back and read some of the others or look for #5 in this series.
The authors writing style is ok… but he seems to have a few fetishes like each and every character at some point in the book and some several times in this book stare or look out the window, (window of a car or house or place of business) then he tells what it looks like out the window, the woods, the snow, what ever. And also there is a lot of scratching and itching going on with different characters too.
IF you can get past all that, this is a pretty good story. I did read it to the very end, and I did enjoy the mystery. But as I said to begin with it does have some problems, but for me it was free and I try to over look and not be too picky with free stuff… would I pay for this book NO WAY… it needs a lot of work cleaning up the typos before it can be worth even 99 cents.

Happy reading ………

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