jjares reviewed on 2/5/2015 + 3414 more book reviews

The author, David Rosenfelt, has written a string of incredibly funny and great mystery/thrillers. Some of them are part of the Andy Carpenter series, while others are stand alone stories.

This one is a standalone that seems weak; I dont have to have hilarious but a book that is ho-hum AND lacking humor is a real disappointment. Police chief Jake Robbins and his love interest, Katie Sanford, seemed one-dimensional and boring.

And dont get me started about Jakes grumbling about being a war hero. The main characters didnt seem to breathe. Others have outlined the plot and I wont repeat it here because I thought the plot was beyond fantastic (and not in a good way).

The reader, Jeff Steitzer, seemed overly-dramatic in this reading. However, the reader did a marvelous job of delineating characters through his range of voices.

I hate to abandon a book after I start it and that is the only reason I finished this book.

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