Review: Flat and predictable
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
This is the first book I have read by this author.  I can only hope that others are better.  I  did not like the format of the book.  To move from character to character there was a character heading and then the section related to them. I found it annoying but kept reading thinking that the format may have had some significance to the story.  The author has extensive law enforcement background and I am sure she is drawing on that background to develop the characters but I found the characters bland, stereotypical, and not very believable.  I could not make a connection with any of them; least of all the good guys Maddie, Jade and McCool.  Who does name a child (or character) Cash McCool?  And, there was far too much information about some of the characters that was unnecessary to the plot or completion of the story.  For example, Harley the owner of the pizza place.  The story of his relationship with his wife, his new relationship with a transsexual and the resultant questioning of his masculinity was a small part of the story, not germane, not sympathetic and just a waste of reading.  I got the feeling the author was attempting to apply moral lessons for every character.  And the burglars.  It is common knowledge that many criminals aren't too smart but thinking that you can drive into a gated community and burglarize a house a believe that you won't be caught because the wife would not want to admit to an affair with one of the burglars is ludicrous.  There were too many observers, people and cameras alike.  By the end I was only skimming and glad that it was only 99 cents.  I suspect the books are all written the same way but I won't be reading another one.  There were a lot of good potential story lines but no suspense, no mystery, and no satisfaction.