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Reviewed by Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite
Fragile Brilliance: A Ronan McCullough Novel is a police procedural mystery written by Eliot Parker. Sergeant Ronan McCullough was on his patrol in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, when he saw a large man holding a youth in place while another was savagely beating him. Ronan’s attempt to restore some order was met with deadly force as one of the men shot the youth and the two men then attacked him. Michael Warner, the youth who had been shot, survived the attack, and Ronan was treated for his injuries and released, but he found himself unable to follow the orders of his doctor to recover before he was back at work and on the trail of the assailants. While some may have dismissed the incident as a dispute over drugs, Ronan was convinced that there was a lot more to the story.
Eliot Parker's police procedural mystery, Fragile Brilliance: A Ronan McCullough Novel, is a gripping and suspenseful story that kept me reading and wondering what would happen next until I had finished the last page. Parker's characters are well defined and engaging, and the relationship between Ronan and Ty is marvelous. The author's coverage of their need for secrecy to protect Ronan's career is a sad reminder of the progress that still needs to be made in the public's perception of same-sex relationships, and that disparity is handled with perception and dignity by Parker. Krokodil, the street name for desomorphine, the drug in question during this story, is a truly frightening and deadly drug that is very much an international problem, and Fragile Brilliance admirably addresses this issue. As a reader, my first choice of genre is the police procedural, and this one ranks as one of the best I've read in some time. Fragile Brilliance: A Ronan McCullough Novel is most highly recommended.
