Review – Black Fly Season (Giles Blunt)

Book 7 of 2007 was Black Fly Season by Giles Blunt. Book #3 from the John Cardinal Series.

It’s early summer in Algonquin Bay and the black flies aren’t the only ones out for blood. Someone is trying to kill a young red-haired woman, but after being shot in the head with a small calibre weapon she cannot remember her own name or where she’s from, let alone why anyone would want to hurt her. Then a body turns up, horribly mutilated. Wombat Guthrie, biker and drug dealer, has taken his last ride. It seems inconceivable that the two cases could be linked, but as detectives Cardinal and Delorme pursue their investigations the name “Red Bear” keeps cropping up. A Ojibwa shaman, Red Bear has recently moved into the drug trade, enlisting the aid of the spirit world to direct his followers to rival gangs’ drugs and money. In return, the “spirits” demand sacrifice—human sacrifice. As the mysterious young woman slowly regains her memory, Cardinal begins to suspect that she may not be so innocent after all, and the her recovered “memories” may not be the whole truth. And what of Red Bear? Is he really a shaman? Or just another drug dealer with an appetite for brutal murder?

This is my first experience with Canadian author, Giles Blunt. BLACKFLY SEASON is the 3rd installment of the John Cardinal Series. I found the story to be alright, but quite predictable. The first 100 pages really kept my attention, but afterwards, the plot took a major nose dive, and I started to lose interest. There just wasn’t anything happening that grabbed my attention. I will give Blunt another try, and read another book from this series. Hopefully, the other books in this series, are better.

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