Red Tide
A Billy Knight Thriller

A strong 3 star rating for this new novel by the author of the Dexter books Jeff Lindsay. This book is the 2nd book in the Billy Knight series and not having read the 1st book didn't spoil my enjoyment one bit. This book is fairly light and was a welcome change to some of the deeper novels I have rea......more

Jeff Lindsay once again brings his readers to Miami, this time not with Dexter rather with Billy Knight, but no worries – the body count is still high. Billy is an ex-cop who wants nothing more than to be on his boat chartering tourists out fishing. When he’s not doing that he is trying to keep thin......more

Billy’s looking for a relaxing off-season in the charter fishing business. Helping a friend move some sail boats, he’s dragged into a murder mystery. Nicky, along for the ride and some beers, is doing some practice shooting with his new gun. What he mistakes for a coconut floating in the distance tu......more

Red Tide, from the cover, looked like a typical whodunit murder mystery, which is exactly what I was looking for. But after reading the summary on the back, I realized that it was a much different take on the usual murder mysteries, and I just had to read it. On top of that, Red Tide was written by......more

Lindsay's writing style keeps being one of the strongest aspects of his books. His plotting, Villains and conclusions are all mediocre at best. That's not to say they're terrible but, they could be far stronger.......more