Joe’s first outing is a solid start to the series by Robotham. Joe’s only chance to escape arrest is to find the killer himself which means working out why he’s being set up! Initially approached for his opinion about the unidentified body of a woman, Joe realises he knows the victim and soon an increasing number of clues are pointing in his direction. Joe’s recently been diagnosed with Parkinson’s and grappling with that knowledge, as well as his wife who’s desperate to have another child and a few difficult patients when he comes to the attention of local law enforcement. Mulholland Books has recently re-released two early Robotham novels, The Suspect and Lost, which has given me a chance to go back and find out exactly how Joe came to be involved in police cases and friendly with Detective Vincent Ruiz.Īnd what I discovered was… in reality he seems to have fallen into that role, having been a suspect in a series of killings in (you guessed it!) The Suspect. Of course, along with his amazing ability to ‘read’ people, Joe’s redeeming feature is that he does try to do the best by his patients and he adores his family. That’s not to say I want anything bad to happen to the psychologist, though thankfully I know Joe is gonna hang around for a while as I’ve already read the fourth, sixth and seventh in Robotham’s series (and possibly the 3rd!!!). I don’t expect infallibility in my protagonists but, well… sometimes my #mehness makes it a bit harder to care about their fate. I don’t hate him, but… my reaction to him reminds me a little of my feelings for Nicci French’s Frieda KIein. I have to admit I’m not entirely sure I like Michael Robotham’s Joe O’Loughlin.
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