The character building in One Kick is amazing. I want to know so much more about Kick, Bishop, Mel, and James, so I will continue to read these (as it is a series). However, the procedural elements irked me. I hate when the driving movements behind the mystery are resurfacing memories of a psychologically fractured character instead of more concrete clues. And man, was this so freaking dark.

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I can't believe she gave Mel her kidney! Cain did a pretty amazing job making a child molester sympathetic in any way shape or form. Scary.