Reviews for Valley of Bones

The average rating for Valley of Bones based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-29 00:00:00 Andre Chagas This is another very interesting suspense novel, a worthy follow up to the excellent Tropic of Night. Jimmy Paz remains the central character, a Cuban-American Miami detective with connections to the Santaria community. An Arab is smacked on the head and thrown from a hotel room to his death. A young woman is found in the room in a state of shock. The story-telling is structured like a braid with the threads intertwining. Chapters alternate between the diary of the mad woman, the investigation by Paz, the tale of the psychologist who examines the woman and works with Paz and, in brief bits, the history of the religious order with whom the woman is affiliated. Emmylou Dideroff's personal history is the attraction here, a corrupt child who has several lifetimes of experience under her belt, including associations with the worst sort of criminals and the best kind of humans. But most of all with their supernatural counterparts. What is real? What is imagined? What is faith? These continue to be central themes in Gruber's work. A compelling read. I found it to be a step below Tropic of Night, perhaps because he already paved some of the road traveled here, but that was a very high step. Others in the Jimmy Paz series that I have read -----Tropic of Night -----Night of the Jaguar

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-03 00:00:00 Riccardo Caranci This is the second thriller involving Florida detective Jimmy Paz. A very good follow up to Gruber's amazing TROPIC OF NIGHT.