by Labmom55 (York, PA): The Cyclist is the second in the DI Cross series and I enjoyed it as much as the first. Cross is somewhere on the Aspergers spectrum, but he’s making an effort to learn the social niceties from his partner, DS Ottey. In fact, kudos to Sullivan for not making Cross a caricature. The reader sees how Cross is trying, but it’s not a straight line of told once, mission accomplished.
This time, a dead body is found in a warehouse about to be demolished. The first job is discovering who the victim was. Once that was accomplished, Sullivan throws up multiple red herrings about why and who might have been involved. That said, I thought it was pretty obvious from early on who the murderer was and how it would all play out even down to the final twist. But even with that, I still really enjoyed this.
Cross is a fabulous main character but it’s Ottey that I was most taken with. She’s determined to make the partnership work, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t test her patience. Most of the humor is based on the relationship between the team members. I recommend this one for fans of police procedurals.
I listened to this and it worked really well. John Heffernan did a good job as the narrator.
