Review: Baroque writing style
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2013
I have been unable to find (so far) WHEN this author morphed from a journalist into a fiction writer. In any case, this is one of his earlier fiction attempts and the absence of restrain (read sharp editors) shows.There is just too much information there. There are, for instance,  pages upon pages of a description of a golf game with a completely predictable outcome, deadly boring for someone who does not care about golf.The story is OK, obviously benefiting from the author's journalistic background that apparently was fairly helpful to potential investors just before and during the crash of 2007 - 2008.Author borrowed from an old James Bond movie a couple of gay assassins, serious guys unlike the comical duo of Mr. Albert Wint and Mr. Charles Kidd in Diamonds Forever with the magnificent Sean Connery.The primary villain may well be 'inspired' by Murdoch, the Australian real villain of our times. Remotely so, of course, Murdoch, as far as I know, is a very litigious guy with enough money to crush people, fortunately mostly in UK with their strange libel laws.During my Florida years, I have been to many places the author describes with well observed details. He got the Florida panthers and Key deer right as well as the hagfish that plays somewhat important role in the book.If you like to travel a well traveled route of quite predictable adventures with somewhat unexpected but perfectly logical conclusion, this is a book for you.Otherwise look to more original fiction.Three stars, barely.