Review: Nice, but not great
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2013
A fast moving story with lots of violence, improbable situations and inconsistencies.  While it was interesting enough to keep me reading I kept wondering why this man kept allowing himself to get into so many bad situations, most life-threatening.  And I got tired, about three quarters of the way through, of there being so many, one right after the other.  Instead of asking "what next" as I read it became "now what?"  It appeared everyone was working together and out to get him and he was the only one of many mobs and their members who didn't understand and always confused.  One minute a guy he was dealing with wasn't trustworthy, then he was.  The ending was not the end of the story, so it felt unfinished.  I suppose a second okay story will come along about the adventure in Russia and him on a boat to return.  With several such story inconsistencies the funniest information ones were: a lemon rather than lime with the tequila, and making a cup of Earl Grey Green tea.  Well, maybe that's just a New York thing.  I suggest the author read more crime and thriller stories held in  high standing before trying again.  Walter Mosley's detective series is only one.