Review: Good and Solid
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
In the past I have compared Mr. Giammatteo favorably to John Sandford.  He gives his characters real personalities and places them in morally difficult positions, all the while writing excellent mysteries.This book is solid, but not as good/great as his others.  Mind you, we are still talking of superior writing and mysteries.  Somehow, his main character did not have the engaging personality and depth of sympathy others have had.Set in Houston, a band of thieves step up their game and go to kidnapping.  They kidnap a daughter of an entrepreneur but, whoops, get the wrong girl.  This sets up interesting dynamics with the entrepreneur and Gino, the main character cop.  An added twist is that the rich guy is black and the wrong girl is also black from the other side of the tracks.  Both of those elements add interesting and unique twists.Although not as good as his others, I will never miss a Giamatteo book and this will not deter me from jumping on his nest one like a hobo on a ham sandwich.