Review: Well-Written, Fast-Paced, Dialogue-Driven
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2013
I read this book in one sitting, a thriller worthy of the rapidity in which I turned the pages. This is the second book I have read from Author Jason A. Joseph. He specializes in a genre that he seems to be rebranding under the phrase: "Bad Things Happen to Good People".Just as in his previous book that I read, entitled "Paul", that is exactly what happens, namely, bad things happen to good people. With a title like "Lawless Men" that is exactly what the reader is led to expect, and the author delivers magnificently.Yet as we read this thrilling story, a mechanism in our minds becomes activated. The adage, "Crime Doesn't Pay" comes into full operational focus. The debate becomes more nuanced, however, when we begin to look past the entertaining story of the bad men who commit crimes and the good men who must oppose them in the name of a civilised society.Here I mean the thin line that holds a civilization together, the idea that there are laws and rules of conduct which everyone expects the other to follow.  What happens when that is not the case makes for fascinating reading, as in the case of this well written, fast paced, dialogue and incident driven story. I recommend it, highly, as the reader will no doubt find valuable reflections within its pages, beyond its entertainment value.Reviewed by Thomas Jerome BakerAuthor ofStory Tellers: In Pursuit of Happiness