This book was one that I picked up from an NPR book recommend, which I can now say was a bit misleading. The author, David Black, has been a writer for both books and screenplays for many years. You may know his work from CSI Miami or Law and Order. His writing is heavy handed with dialogue, likely as a result of writing many years for television. This book is a fast-moving thriller or rather it attempts to be. The characters are not well developed and I had a difficult time caring or even understanding the motivation and interaction between characters. Throughout the book, I kept thinking, “okay, it’s going to get good now” but unfortunately, the awesomeness never really happened for me. Honestly, I think if I was going to pick between James Patterson and David Black, it would be Patterson hands down, which if you know me says A LOT. In summary, I think this book would be a much better movie than book, which again says it all about this book.
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