Review: Needs a re-write
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2012
I bought this Cliff Black book and another one (Persons Missing or Dead) at the same time because they had such high star ratings, and read this one first.  I did not like the writing style of this story.  It is a very good mystery story line, but for me, it was very dry and boring to read, like eating a bowl of Grapenuts without any milk - not a pleasant experience.  Though the book is action packed, it just seemed very two-dimensional.As I said, I bought two Cliff Black books at the same time, and after I read this book, I wished I hadn't.  HOWEVER, I disliked how this book was written so much, that I immediately read the next Cliff Black book so I could get them both off my kindle, and I LOVED the next one I read (Person's Missing or Dead), and have immediately gone and bought the next Four Corners Mystery.  It's like a completely different author wrote the Four Corner Mysteries, or perhaps a more experienced author.  The Four Corners Mystery is set closer to modern times, they at least have cell phones, (but unfortunately it's dated due to use of zip drives) and the Perfect Crimes story is set back in the 80's if I recall rightly.  I think it would be a great story if Cliff re-wrote it using his current writing skills.Obviously I am odd-man-out on my opinion on this book, as I think it's up to 4.5 stars, but still, this is my take on it.