Leaving his girlfriend behind McGrady follows the trail of the killer to Hong Hong just before Pearl Harbour is attacked and the British Colony falls to the Japanese.

I enjoyed the dialogue and their interactions, and the general avoidance of the anticipated stereotypes, TV lingo, and the other pitfalls of writing that would drop a reader out of the moment. His investigation ultimately leads to the Philippines, where things go south for our detective, then there's the attack on Pearl Harbor. This simple style is used throughout the narrative, and the monotony is broken only by realistic dialogue. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that was so page-turning yet also filled with so much beautiful pathos.Joe is an outsider not trusted by his fellow police officers, feeling alone, channeling his emotions and love towards Molly. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I wonder whether they were important to the plot, or that maybe they should've cut even more out of the final draft.

Part of his investigation takes him away from Honolulu and the girlfriend he has fallen in love with. Five Decembers by James Kestrel certainly doesn't disappoint, it's part hard-hitting crime thriller,part war story, part love story , a tale of obsession, retribution and most importantly a fantastic read.McGrady is a great character with more than a touch of Jack Reacher about him, the taciturn outsider ,a lethal fighting machine and a man that every female character is attracted to. The story starts in November 1941 in Honolulu, Hawaii with Joe McGrady a detective with the Hawaiian police force starting to investigate a brutal murder.