Review: Compelling Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2014
I found the four books in this series to be galvanizing and hard to put down.  The novels need to be read in their proper sequence:  The Morning Star (this one), Double Down, With a Bullet, and High Fidelity.  The development of the relationship between Simon and Archer is beautifully portrayed through the novels.  There is no "love at first sight" story here.  The novels' plots are quite complicated and dominate the script.  I found them very engaging.  The portrayal of the interrelationships and modes of communication within the FBI team may be troublesome for some readers as insults are thrown back and forth on a continuous basis.  But these are novels, not some depiction of the way a perfectly behaved team should operate.  There is also a lot of descriptive material that a reader has to be patient with.  I found myself reading all four novels in one stretch -- Templar, Archer, Texas, Honda et al "get in your blood".  When you read the last pages of High Fidelity and the trip to Nevis, slow down your reading and savor its ending.  If this doesn't grab you emotionally I don't know what will.