Review: Most entertaining story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
One word comes to mind when I read Carolyn Arnold's latest novel Assassination of a Dignitary...... Craftsmanship.  Arnold has crafted a Novel that will take you inside of of the Mob and the mind of a paid Assassin.  As the story starts to develop I found myself able to mentally picture every scene, every room and person Arnold describes.  I have not read all of Arnold's books but I believe that she has truly hit her stride with this novel.  It is outstanding in everyway.  Like her previous novels the attention to detail is without equal.  Minor details are fleshed out in a way that captures your attention and draws the reader into the story.  I caught myself smiling at the way she details the relationships between investigative agencies involved in the book.  They are always confrontational in the real world and she captures that expertly.  It is almost as if she has actually worked the cases she writes about.  I would highly recommend picking up a copy of Assassination of a Dignitary but be warned you will not be able to put it down.  It is intense in the way a Tsunami is wet... you will be overwhelmed with Arnold's ability to pull you into the story and make you understand and visualize the characters.  I found myself experiencing an array of emotions as the story developed that I did not expect from reading a novel about a mob hit.  This novel is extremely entertaining to say the least.  I have not read anything this intriguing since Caleb Carr's award winning novel "The Alienist".  To rate this novel with a star rating is pointless, no amount of stars can capture the experience the reader will endure.  It is in a word- Excellent.