Review: You will read it in 24 hours
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2011
In my job as a reviewer of thrillers I am constantly complaining that heroes are invulnerable and they seem to have unlimited resources (So we chartered a Lear jet to LA using Fake ID's and Credit Cards) which the reader is expected to accept. So what a delight when I read about ordinary people in a fast paced thriller that I read in two sittings. I was so taken with this book that I passed it to a friend to comment on and they were more excited than I was and so I guess I am still unbiased.J Jackson Bentley (who formerly wrote as Jack Daniels) has created a novel that is so rich in detail and character that once the book is finished the characters live on with you. That is rare for a book reviewer, I can assure you. The book seems to be a simple whodunnit and then half way through the mystery appears to be solved and a whole new plot emerges which makes the book hard to put down. I remember being told to put out the light by my life partner late at night and replying, just another chapter.One thing is clear in this book, the author knows London and the Police in London, my guess is that he is ex police or has friends still serving. Most fiction relies on taking liberties with your reader but here is the exception.My first (contemporary) review went missing and so I revisited the book when reviewing Chameleon, the follow up book. As the book is rather oddly being given away for 99 cents on Kindle, I'd buy it and curse me if you don't enjoy it.