The Company of Demons is about a lawyer whose father worked on the infamous case of the serial killer The Butcher. After another killing happens that points to a return of The Butcher, he takes on the daughter of the victim as a client, and things get pretty murky from there. John, our titular main character, has an affair with the client, meets with The Butcher finally, and then is accused of murder himself. It's pretty crazy.
So I found this book to be alright. I think it would have done much better if the stories (the serial killer plot and the femme fatale plot) would have been in separate books. Or just left out the femme fatale part entirely. I personally hate books that have infidelity for no reason. While technically there is a reason for it in this book, the whole thread of the infidelity was weak. It's why there's some courtroom drama in the book, which I do like courtroom drama, but again, for what the book is marketed to be about, it was unnecessary.
I also found the main character to be a giant douche. He spends pages alternately feeling guilty for betraying his family but then follows that up by thinking about his lady clients breasts. Every time he describes a female from the book (it's in the first person), her attractiveness is measured. He even blatantly looks at a female cops ass, and doesn't get why she's mad! The only times I really had any sympathy for him was when he would remember how rough his childhood had been. I really hope John Coleman wasn't supposed to be a sympathetic character because he's absolutely not.
So yeah, this book was okay. There's some really good story in there if you can wade through the (slightly misogynistic) muck. Recommended to fans of cop/law thrillers.
So I found this book to be alright. I think it would have done much better if the stories (the serial killer plot and the femme fatale plot) would have been in separate books. Or just left out the femme fatale part entirely. I personally hate books that have infidelity for no reason. While technically there is a reason for it in this book, the whole thread of the infidelity was weak. It's why there's some courtroom drama in the book, which I do like courtroom drama, but again, for what the book is marketed to be about, it was unnecessary.
I also found the main character to be a giant douche. He spends pages alternately feeling guilty for betraying his family but then follows that up by thinking about his lady clients breasts. Every time he describes a female from the book (it's in the first person), her attractiveness is measured. He even blatantly looks at a female cops ass, and doesn't get why she's mad! The only times I really had any sympathy for him was when he would remember how rough his childhood had been. I really hope John Coleman wasn't supposed to be a sympathetic character because he's absolutely not.
So yeah, this book was okay. There's some really good story in there if you can wade through the (slightly misogynistic) muck. Recommended to fans of cop/law thrillers.