Review: Funny and fast moving
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2012
I have read and enjoyed some short stories by David Wailing and felt it was time I read a full length novel. The Relationship Assassin of the title is Scott Rowley who earns his living by breaking up relationships through honeytraps and seduction. It goes well (for him) until he breaks his own rules and falls for a 'target'.This is a funny and fast moving story which, tempting though it is to read and enjoy it on a superficial level, has greater depths. It asks us who we are. Do we know who anyone is? We all have our masks, the faces we want people to see. Scott Rowley is such a chamaeleon that eventually he himself is no longer sure who the real Scott is.The characters in this book are all well drawn and the dialogue moves smoothly; it all rang true. The author is a fluent, intelligent writer who crafts his stories well. He leaves the reader thinking and gives a great deal of literary satisfaction. I enjoyed this book very much.