The inquisitor by Mark Allen Smith

"The inquisitor" by Mark Allen Smith. This book is published by Simon & Schuster in 2012 and has 432 pages.

Geiger is very strange person. Very still, does not bat eyelid, no friends, no emotions, disquieting to others. He is in the business of IR (Information retrieval). Plainly put torture (physical, mental and emotional). His partner is Harry, who is a computer geek and manages the incoming business through anonymous website.  One day a client brings a subject for interrogation and their world changes forever. 

Who is the subject? How does it impact Geiger? Why? What does he do? Who is he up against?

It's a very different story. A very different business, a very different protagonist and a very different end. Initially I thought that the story would revolve around various torture techniques. But was relieved to see that it was not so. 

Character of Geiger is intriguing. Readers keeps trying to understands the character till the very end.

Author has brought the character of Lily in the equation but I could not understand why? The character is always in the background and makes a vital contribution in the end but the story would have gone on even without her. 

Geiger's father gives him a gift. Author does not say why he does that or to what purpose. This gift is the beginning and the end of the story. But reader keeps asking the question why? And it goes unanswered. 

A man with no emotions sprouts empathy for someone and it unravels his world and his life beyond repair. Did he expect this to happen sometime?

A very different thriller. Read if you are interested.