Throughout High Order, each time a bomb detonates and Jim Grabowski is forced to investigate, it’s somehow vindicating to see justice carried out, even knowing that murder for revenge is morally wrong. Of course, the old man is devastated when his killing bombs accidentally destroy the lives of innocent people.
So, two deadly threads run a collision course through High Order: (1) will the serial killer eventually be caught and (2) will the 70-year-old widower be stopped before he kills those responsible for the infamous trial of his wife’s murderer?
Even though most of us consider murder wrong, I found this book hard not to read. At the beginning of the book, I thought I should not be reading about such atrocities — rape, murder, hatred, bombings — yet I must confess I couldn’t help myself. I had to find out what happened to the villainous men in High Order.
I would recommend this book as a great read but not for the squeamish. The writing style of Mike Sutton is precise and accurate — downright gory at times — and suggestive more of horror. But in the end, the story is redeeming because it portrays an inside view into the unimaginable crimes that police and detectives must deal with, live with, look at, and try to forget; sights that most of us never have to face.
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