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Deluge: CSI: New York (CSI: NY)

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In all honesty, this wasn't one of my favorite CSI titles, but it wasn't because of the storyline.

There are three separate crimes to be solved in DELUGE, all in the middle of an astonishing amount of rain falling in New York City. One involves the murder of a popular male teacher at an exclusive prep school, one is the findings of several bodies who can all be traced back to one man, and the other is a suspected case of arson that ended up with several dead victims at a small pub.

Although the crimes and the pursuit of the criminals were as entertaining as always, the emotions (or, actually, the lack thereof) of all of the main characters made me dislike the story. CSI: NY is my least favorite of all three CSI shows, and it's for the same reason that I didn't care for DELUGE -- the characters don't connect with each other like the ones on CSI and CSI: MIAMI do.

Overall, though, this is a fast read for CSI fans.

I've really enjoyed Kaminsky's previous CSI:NY novels and I enjoyed this one, too, just not quite as much as the others. The previous titles ranked up there with the best episodes of the show and Deluge seemed more like the "middle of the pack" relative to the TV series.

Uh, no. I just could not finish this book. It was a boring read.

There's a heavy and continuous downpour in NYC and there are three crimes that the CSI team need process and solve.

Mac and Don uncover a string of carved victims. Slowly, they realize that they all lead to a man. So, it's a race against time to prevent additional murders from happening.

Lindsay and Danny are investigating the death of a teacher, who is supposed to be loved by the students. Apparently, someone didn't.

Stella and Sheldon investigate a bomb site and a murder at a pub. However, in the midst of their investigation, the pub shakes and crumble, trapping Sheldon and a suspect. It's also a race against time to save the people before the building collapse.

So, there's no real teamwork as they're all split up on three cases. And worse, it's a dry dry dry read.

While not the best of the CSI New York books that I have read this one still fits in nicely at the top. New York is under heavy rains that brings with them a serial murder, sink holes, bombs, and an assortment of other mishaps that leads the New York criminalists and police through one turn after another. Once you pick the book up it is hard to put down.