Review: The Unseen by T.L. Hines

Hines describes the genre of his books as "noir bizarre".  You can see his blog for more of an explanation, but I think bizarre is a pretty accurate description.  In his latest book, "The Unseen", the main character is a little hard to like at first.  Lucas is a loner who likes to hide in public places and observe the people around him.  He limits himself to public places, but soon gets caught up with a group who spies on people in their homes.  He struggles with the morality of what they are doing, but also gets caught up trying to help out the people they are spying on.  At the same time, Lucas is dealing with his past, which he has a hard time remembering.  While I started out a little put off by the topic, I soon found myself intrigued and wondering what was going to happen next.  Ironically, I realized that reading a book is very similar to what Lucas is doing, putting yourself in a voyeur position in the lives of the characters of the book.  Overall, this is a pretty good book with several twists that you won't see coming.  The ending was a little strange, but that just brings us back to the bizarre part of "noir bizarre".

You can find this book on the Thomas Nelson site here.