Review: Good Idea For A Short Story- May We Have Another?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
I'm Working my way through all of Baldacci's novels and had not yet read any of the Camel Club books. This story was a great introduction. Now I have to choose which one to read first.Short stories are difficult to write. Hard to develop characters in limited number of pages but Senor Baldacci does it well counting on readers to be familiar with Will Robie and Camel Club Members.What a coincidence that the bad guys pick the time and day that not one but two serious operators just happen to be in the bank and were cuffed together. Readers can't wait to see how Will and Oliver crash their party and "Harsh their mellow".The blueprint for the building was a bit difficult to picture in my mind but I gave it up to "poetic license". It would be harder to film than DIE HARD...Just sayin.Dialogue shifts were clear and shifted the scenes smoothly from the bank to the private party. Necessary information is revealed through dialogue that was weaved through the story.Major players were recognizable with a few descriptive points but most would escape a line-up viewed by the bank hostages.The story was fast paced and tension was maintained from the get go. A time element created a "do-or-die effort for our heroes.I must say that the twist at the end was a flat tire. Completely forgetable. But that didn't have any effect on the ranking of the story. Still a 5 Star.