Review: Captivating from the first sentence
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2013
I happened to meet the author at a writer's conference, Thrillerfest VIII.  I liked him, so I decided to buy his book.  I downloaded it to my Kindle Fire where I was on page 648 of Great North Road, a superb sci-fi book that I wanted to finish.  (I alternate between reading it and listening to the professional narration.)  But, I had met the author and was likely to see him again during the next four days, so when I went up to the fitness center to do a workout I started his book.What a surprise.  It was totally captivating, and it wasn't just me.  24 other people had highlighted the first paragraph as being interesting.  I've never seen that before.Hankins draws characters that I care about. He skillfully places them in jeopardy and he build suspense in the same way that Hitchcock does.  Throughout the book the pacing is excellent and I kept wondering about plot twists.  I have three other books that I've committed to read first, but I'm going to read all of his work--like I've done with Michael Connelly and Lee Child.