Reviews for The Ignorance of Blood

The average rating for The Ignorance of Blood based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-26 00:00:00 David Romillo The cover of this book consists of a. a photo of a street in Andalucia b. a photo of a boy running c. a photo of the decor of the Real Alcazar Palace in Seville plus lettering. That is three separate elements just in the picture. This book is like that, a number of plot elements brought together into a complex whole. This is the 4th and final installment in the Javier Falcon series. Seville is still recovering from an unsolved terrorist bombing when an accident complicated by an improperly secured load reveals a dead gangster who had a suitcase filled with an obscene amount of euros. Inspector Jefe Falcon would not normally be called but that money had to be secured and locked away immediately so he handles it and finds threads that lead toward the terrorists whom he has publicly promised to arrest. The situation becomes more and more complex as Falcon realizes there is a jurisdictional dispute between Russian mobsters and each side is determined to do whatever they have to to retain control and prevent Falcon from learning anything. The people who mostly suffer, usually fatally, are the girl friends, prostitutes and neighbours of gang members and Falcon has difficulty determining who belongs to which. He is personally targeted and his girl friend's youngest son is kidnapped. While he is dealing with all this the Intelligence service is dealing with Javier's friend, who is spying on a Moroccan mujahideen group for them. Javier is his contact and it all just becomes a total mess. The amount of stress Javier goes through, the regulations, laws, and moral code items he ends up breaking would destroy anyone's mind. I found the ending very satisfying and the decisions the various characters make while in the midst of it all to be both compelling and comprehensible.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-07-13 00:00:00 Evan Oller bought this in the airport bookstore before leaving on 12hr plane trip. What a good find. Interesting mystery with intriguing main characters.