Book Review: Ferriman's Law

Reviewed By: Luke Croll - RAM

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Lee Zion
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Futuristic   Police Procedural
Xlibris Corporation; 2001; $16 (American dollars); pp 180
Classification: Adult fiction (thriller)

Detective Ferriman is on vacation, but when he staggers drunkenly back to his hotel room and finds an underage girl there, naked and strangled, he knows that he's suddenly found himself in a lot of trouble. The local authorities think he is guilty, so it is down to him to stay away from them and find out who is trying to frame him.

Rather than satisfying himself with writing a modern-day police procedural, Zion has gone one step further and set the novel in the future. This makes for interesting reading, as he drops in different futuristic things and names.

The actual plot is cunning and Zion keeps up the interest throughout. His main character, Ferriman, is well constructed and his 'laws' certainly raise a smile, as he seems to have a law for every situation. The book is well written and for a first novel, it is indeed a good piece of work.

With pace, intrigue and a little bit of black humour from time to time, 'Ferriman's Law' is worth a read if you're a fan of police thrillers and also if you like a bit of sci-fi as well, since Zion mixes the two genres skilfully.

Luke Croll - RAM

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