Review: a  misfire
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2010
I've read Fox's 2 other novellas and just loved them, but they were substantially longer and I think she tried to cram way too much in this far shorter space. Toby, the Mossad agent, only makes an appearance half way through, and there are plot inconsistencies and just plain foolishness that almost made this a wall banger. Only the quality of the writing kept me in there. You know when you see a really great actor (eg Daniel Craig) in a really rubbish thriller, and you keep thinking how much better it could be or why was he doing X, no seasoned cop would ever do X at that moment... that's how I felt about this book. I want Harper Fox to write more (a lot more!) I really loved Driftwood and Life After Joe, both of which I rate as keepers and frequent rereads but this was a misfire.