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    Taboo (CSI Reilly Steel #1): CSI Reilly Steel, #1

    By Casey Hill

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Forensic fiction for fans of Karin Slaughter, Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs

    'Very special ... an outstanding forensic debut.' THE BOOKSELLER

    CSI Reilly Steel series:

    #0 CRIME SCENE 

    #1 TABOO

    #2 INFERNO

    #3 HIDDEN

    #4 THE WATCHED

    #5 TRACE

    #6 AFTERMATH 

    #7 ENDGAME

    Forensic investigator Reilly Steel, Quantico-trained and California-born and bred, imagined Dublin to be a far cry from bustling San Francisco, a sleepy backwater where she can lay past ghosts to rest and start anew.

    She's arrived in Ireland to drag the Garda forensics team into the 21st-century plus keep tabs on her Irish-born father who's increasingly seeking solace in the bottle after a past tragedy.
    But a brutal serial killer soon puts paid to that. A young man and woman are found dead in a hotel room, the gunshot wounds on their naked bodies suggesting a suicide pact. But as Reilly and the team dig deeper, and more bodies are discovered, they soon realize that a twisted murderer is at work, one who seeks to upset society's norms in the most sickening way imaginable...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCasey Hill
    Release dateJul 7, 2014
    ISBN9781497762503
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    Reviews for Taboo (CSI Reilly Steel #1)

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    • 4/5
      3.5 stars through and through! Not really good enough for four stars, but better than three stars.
    • 2/5
      The only person who could bring the Garda forensics team into the present day is American, quantico trained, forensic investigator, Reilly Steel. Then a series of deaths occur. It would seem that only Reilly can find the link between them.
      The story started off well, but I find the characters of Steel and Daniel Forrest too annoying, and soon became obvious who the guilty party was going to be.
    • 3/5
      Taboo is a fast easy read in the popular mystery genre. Although a little on the short side, it still moved along at a good clip. The story is set in Dublin, Ireland. The main character is an American forensic investigator named Reilly Steel. She has moved to Dublin to live nearer her father who has repatriated back to his home country.

      My first criticism lies in the fact that the voice/language is primarily American. The authors made one weak attempt at writing using Irish English and slang. It is one and a half paragraphs that stands out because no where else in the book is it used in relation to the Irish characters. Given that there are many Irish writers out there who are able to write Irish English well (Roddy Doyle anyone?), the authors should have either gone through, rewrote in that voice or gone through and eliminated it. It made no sense to use it in one and half paragraphs and then never touch it again. Even within that limited frame, it was uneven and inconsistent. This is both a writing problem and an editorial problem that should have been caught. The American voice is fine for the one American character but given that everyone else is Irish....

      My second criticism also relates to another editing issue. I have found some e-books that are very sloppily edited and this was one of those. Misspelled words, extra words that should have been deleted, missing words that clarify context....whether self-publishing or done through a publishing house, these are things that need to be addressed. They detract the reader from the book and affect the quality. What could be a four or five star review gets reduced. Presentation is important and in the computer age with advanced dictionary and spell check and grammar options, good editing has been simplified. Poor editing comes off looking like a poorly written high school creative writing assignment.

      That being said, the story itself is interesting. Murders are being committed based on Freudian psychology and taboos. Matricide, incest, cannibalism - these are some of societies greatest taboos and a murderer is on a rampage in Dublin forcing victims into compromising and taboo situations. Reilly Steel has come to the Irish Guards to lead and train their forensic unit. Not wanting to give anything away to potential readers, she becomes both personally and professionally invested in the case.

      This being the first book in the series, we are introduced to what in all likelihood are going to be ongoing characters. Her father, Mike Steel, Pete Kennedy an old school Irish cop who resents Yankee input, Chris Delaney - a more modern partner to Pete and a potential love interest for Reilly. There were various lab geeks and assistants who will be Reilly's team as well as crusty administrators and political players who either resent her employment or champion her cause.

      I would have liked more detailed descriptions of the mean streets and neighborhoods of Dublin. There were also several story ideas introduced but left dangling. I'm sure that given they intend to make this a series, they hope to expand on those in other books but for me, it did more to detract than add to what was a pretty interesting story.

      I read somewhere that this is a husband and wife writing team using the name Casey Hill. That may be where the unevenness of the story lies. Good editorial help should be able to iron out these issues and allow the characters to grow. I got this as a Book-Bub bargain. For those that don't know about it (bookbub.com) you can sign up for free, indicate what e-reader(s) you are using and each day they will send an email with a selection of titles based on your indicated interests/genres. The price for the books ranges from free to $2.99. I have procured almost 100 books since I started subscribing and been introduced to a wealth of new authors as well as grabbed bargains on authors I already love. Many of the titles are recent, the oldest one I got was a 2011. This author has bookbub to thank directly for my purchase. I probably would not have found them on my own.

      A good cup of coffee, rainy day fast read.
    • 5/5
      I found the story of Reilly Steel, CSI to be well written and very suspenseful. You have an American forensic specialist, who takes the opportunity to move to Ireland to be closer to her father, who has not been accepted yet by the police officers that she is suppose to be helping to solve crimes in Dublin. The head of the department has gone on a long vacation and a serial killer begins begins his reign of terror in Dublin. Steel, and her young team, are able to tie the murders together but the clues that are being left behind make no sense. As the killings continue they seem to be aimed at Steel. What has someone learned about her past? Why is she being pulled into this case in ways that she does not want to be pulled?A very good mystery and a new and interesting CSI to add to the reading list. Ms. Hill has done and excellent job of creating a book that is hard to put down. I look forward to reading the further investigations of Reilly Steel.
    • 3/5
      Sehr spannend und fl?ssig geschrieben, sodass man es in einem Zug durchgelesen hat.
    • 4/5
      While this story of a serial killer being investigated by an American forensic scientist and a sympathetic Garda (Irish Cop) isn't bad, and the tension was racked up, I had issues with it.Ah the American coming to Ireland to show the Irish what to do. Done already and if I remember correctly some of our forensic people have been to Quanico to study the latest techniques and are pretty competent at their jobs, I'd have a suspicion that there would be hilarity if they read this (I suspect the unit's relationship to reality is up there with "PS I Love you"s reality of visiting a library.)The moment, though, that broke my suspension of disbelief was the moment where the forensic scientist had to be told that the mostly headless body was right-handed. Take a moment, look at your hands, see the caluses on your writing hand, measure your wrists, your dominant hand will usually have a thicker wrist. It shouldn't take a garda looking at a photograph to tell you this, and playing a guitar isn't a sign of handedness, trust me, when I played violin and guitar I played right handed as I could cope with righthanded although my dominant hand is left, it's often an indication of casual playing.Apart from this jarring me out of disbelief the story was overall not bad, it did keep me up to read it and I enjoyed the read (mostly)
    • 3/5
      This was an interesting and thrilling story that was hard to put down. The premise of murders being committed according to society's taboos was a fascinating one. My only gripe is that the author made it a little too obvious as to the identity of the killer. Otherwise, this was a worthwile read that did not require too much thinking and I would recommend it in a pinch.
    • 5/5
      Riley Steel (yes, I'm a little concerned by that misspelling on the cover!) is one of the FBI's finest forensic staff, on loan to the Irish forensic unit, GDU, for training purposes. Unfortunately, she's not long been there when a gruesome double suicide/murder is discovered. And the police aren't certain that a suicide from the week before is actually a suicide. Riley has to put together the clues before the killer makes it personal...I have to say, I really enjoyed this. It was a little overly gruesome at times, with dead bodies turning up in all sorts of places and states, but Riley is a fun character - she reminded me not a little of Dr Temperance Brennan of Kathy Reichs' books (and the Bones TV series) - highly intelligent, a bit emotionally absent, and with ALL SORTS of personal issues going on. Chris Delaney is a bit dishy (of course he is, the male lead always is), but the other characters are a good mix too - grumpy old policemen who want nothing to do with a young American, Riley's mentor Daniel, who is a bit ivory-tower-ish.Casey Hill writes a cracking plot, drops out the clues at almost the right rate (I figured it out a bit early, but not too early), and shows real potential when it comes to characters. I'm looking forward to reading more about Riley!This came to me in the same packet as Snapshot and I was really relieved to find this book so enjoyable after that was so dire.