Reviews for Trick of Light

The average rating for Trick of Light based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-07-13 00:00:00 Laura Kincaid PROTAGONIST: Kay Farrow, photographer SETTING: San Francisco SERIES: #2 RATING: 3.5 WHY: Kay Farrow is a color blind photojournalist whose mentor, aging Maddy Kamada, was murdered while she was on a mysterious mission. Kay finds Maddy's lair, which is full of photo equipment that is obviously being used for clandestine surveillance on an apartment across the way. Her loss has left Kay reeling, and she is determined to figure out what her ailing friend was doing. It has to do with sex and guns and power, and it's ugly and complicated. The plot was slow moving and repetitious. David Hunt showed himself to be an excellent writer in the first book of the series, The Magician's Tale, but his talent was not well served in this book. Maddy used people. The man who loved her served basically as an Uber driver. There were 2 characters who only performed an explicatory function, one detailing Maddy's entire life and the other ready to be a mad avenger.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-22 00:00:00 James Allport This story revolves around Kay, a photojournalist whose mentor dies under mysterious circumstances. It is a well-paced thriller, with decent writing and a good storyline. Hunt does a good job of fleshing out his characters, making them into people we can recognize as real, if not likeable. My greatest compliment to David Hunt would have to be his handling of his subject matter. In this case, photography and guns. It would be very easy for a knowledgeable author to use technical terms, thus losing his audience. Hunt made sure to use layman's terms, or when necessary, explain the technical terms he did use. The story was easy to follow, and a good book to read. I'm looking forward to finding more of his works.