Review: Third Time- No Charm
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
This is the third book in the Tom Caton series, and I am giving it a rest.  I have the same complaints that I had previously - wooden Kate, semi-one dimensional Caton, sophomoric love scenes, lack of tension.  This time out, since the locale was largely in China, the appealing Manchester took a back seat.  I usually don't read the book synopsis since spoilers lurk, but this time, I would have been well-served.  While human trafficking is deplorable and a reality, my interest flagged from the start.  Details followed details about the Triad, the Tong, and no suspense built at all.  I found no one to root for, no one to despise, since the characters were thrown out there with no real feeling to them.  I'm sorry to give this series a miss since there are five more....  I am usually enthralled with continuing characters and thrilled to have a long series.  Not this time.  So many like Susan Hill, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles, Alex Gray have created suspenseful stories and endearing characters who just get better and better, I had hoped for the same.  Alas, not so.  Maybe you do get what you pay for:)