Review: Fast paced and exciting!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2014
I thoroughly enjoyed this story! Henry Bins is a guy in his thirties with Henry Bins, a syndrome named after him since he was the first to have it and only a total of three persons suffered from it. The syndrome cause Henry to sleep 23 hours a day and he was only awake between 3am to 4am his whole life. His dad spared no expense in making sure he led a full life despite the fact that he was only awake for an hour a day. During his waking hour, he made every minute count....he ate food prepared earlier in the day by his housekeeper, he watched a few minutes of Game of thrones, he checked his stock portfolio (his source of income) and replied to his dad's messages. He used a few minutes to jog a few miles, showered and then went to bed dressed in sweats so that he could just jump out of bed and do it all over again the next day. All this was done in one hour and if he wasn't in bed by 4am, he would drop wherever he stood. One early morning after going through his routine and  getting into his bed at 3:59 am, he heard a woman's scream. He looked out the window and locked eyes with the suspected murderer just before he passed out as the clock hit 4am. This scream was the start of a mystery which Henry was determined to solve during his waking hour. I loved the story but I felt that Henry made some stupid decisions in the beginning. Why didn't he call the police when he saw the dead body? He could have called them to do a welfare check based on screams he heard the morning before. Why did he take the cell phone from the crime scene? Why did he touch anything? He almost got himself in serious trouble and he's just lucky that the murderer wanted someone else more high profile to get the blame. For a genius, Henry sure could make stupid decisions. If you enjoy fast paced crime stories with some high profile people (and conspiracies) mixed in, you will enjoy this book. The character is very likeable, despite his bad choices regarding the crime scene. I'm looking forward to reading the next book, 3:10 am.