Review: A great big "meh"
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2012
This is the first book I've read by this author and I can only say I hope his other books are better.  One of the main characters, Lindsay, is possibly the dumbest character I've come across.  I had zero sympathy for her.  Her kids weren't much better, but at least they weren't constantly SCREAMING at everything.  She put the lives of everyone around her in danger by inexplicably ignoring orders from the people trying to protect her.  Her character was flat, shallow and stupid.I have a question for the author though - why so many planet references for the names of these people?  Thomas MERCURY?  Kenneth MARS?  Mr. JUPITER?  I half expected for them to only drive Saturns with the theme from "The Jetsonsblasting from the radio.The other characters in the book (Kline, Sperry, Zero, etc) just popped in randomly without any explanation and then were killed off when he didn't know what to do with them.  There were too many unbelievable "shoot 'em up" scenes.This book is in some dire need of editing.  I found several misspelled words, poor sentence structure, words used improperly and a lot of random awkward descriptions.  The most annoying part is that for the entire book, the goal was to find a dead woman and her child.  That was the driving force in the FBI agents (Kline) life.  The killer refused to tell where he left the bodies.  He would only give vague answers and constantly tell everyone that the bodies were in a place no-one would EVER think to look, somewhere so UNUSUAL, etc etc etc.  Then ::SPOILER ALERT:: the woman and child are found BUT IT NEVER SAYS WHERE!!!!  Where was this magical, secret spot that the entire force of the FBI couldn't find?  Why on earth was this tidbit left un-answered?!I hated the ending.  Hated it.That said - if you're looking for something mildly entertaining to read at the beach or on the plane, this book will work.  There were some exciting scenes and the plot was unique.  I know this review is all over the place and makes no sense, but I felt that was fitting since the book was the same way.