Review: A clever suspense-packed thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2014
Written in the first person, the second Ben Bracken novel Apex is a clever suspense-packed thriller full of crime, espionage, wit and surprises. The novel dares to tackle all this in present-tense, which fouls things up for most books - but Parker manages to use this style to create further tension and up both the novel's pace and the ante.The stakes are high enough as it is, when the fate of Great Britain is lying in the hands of ambivalent Bracken, who is reminiscent of a more expressive and snarky Jack Bauer. This kind of adventure appears to be in our hero's blood, and the reader watches with bated breath as he maneuvers obstacle after obstacle in thrilling succession.