A powerfully written mystery of a disappearance of a rock singer. The man sent to find him also vanishes from the radar to trace him. Intertwined with this is the account of a Fijian man who has found Christianity, and is returning home to convert his people.

The story is quite complex and deals with corruption and vested interests as much as a man’s desire to no longer be in the spotlight. Couldn’t always see the links, but the writing is exquisite. ( )

The blurb notes "A Journey of Redemption" would normally have stayed my hand immediately, but I picked this up in the library as one of the 'outside the comfort zone' books I try to make myself take along with the 'usual suspects', and am glad I did. It weaves together the differing narrative threads deftly enough and blends ripping yarn and more thoughtful elements with reasonable success. ( )

This book got off to a very promising start, but I'm afraid I found that it went downhill after that. There are several different strands, all of which are fairly obviously separate, but I found a couple of them a bit rambly. I preferred the strands that involved the policeman, Jim Dent, to the parts with the motorcyclist and the Reverend, which went on a bit.

I'm sorry to say that, although I think the writing in this book is well-done, I had pretty much lost interest by half way through. ( )