My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The book was ok. It was an entertaining read but I had several issues with it.
1. The protagonists were trying to solve 3 cases. I think my threshold is only 2. 3 cases gets confusing.
2. They should have focused more on the main characters and stopped giving us background characters that you don’t know if they mattered to the whole plot or just “extras.” It was tough remembering who was who.
3. The book reads like other James Patterson books, filled with rich people in rich surroundings. The crimes are starting to sound generic too. I wonder if JP has a stack of index cards with notes on different crimes, and he gets to randomly choose to which series he would assign the story.
4. I didn’t like the main character so much. A secondary character, Justine, was more likeable.
I think this is the first book of a new series starring Jack Morgan. I’m going to just stick with JP’s other series for now and not continue this until maybe I’ve demolished my to-read pile.
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