Eric J. (ejolly) reviewed on 1/31/2015 + 42 more book reviews

I have greatly enjoyed the entire Owen McKenna/Spot/Street Casey series from the beginning. I greatly liked this most recent installment, and consider it to be Borg's best to date. McKenna is a man's man, can be counted on to rescue the damsel in distress and to take care of the bad guys. This recipe continues to be a success in this book.

Having been to Tahoe a number of times, I'd offer that the locations used in this book are true to current state and take me to a place I know and love.

Borg takes on some unique characters in this novel, which make it (from my perspective) the best story yet. In this story, McKenna rescues (on more than one occasion), Gertie, a young girl who was born with a cleft lip (and who as the cover says, is an aspiring film director and softball pitcher). Borg takes on the definition of beauty:
Gertie - "You said that there are lots of kinds of beauty and that physical beauty is the one kind that doesn't matter. What are the kinds that do matter?"
McKenna - "Well I haven't thought about it much, but there are many. Passion, desire, interest, hunger for ideas, charity, attention, focus and skills that you acquire through practice and hard work."

Without comment on the plot a whole lot, which is strong, McKenna's philosophy is one that can always be appreciated...a hero that has a strong moral code.

A five star book to me is one that is life changing -- and I have a really hard time moving away from that definition to give a thriller/mystery that kind of a rating, although I considered that here. I strongly recommend this book if you like the thriller/mystery genre.

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