Review: Needs work
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
I picked this book up for my Kindle and at one point almost stopped reading it because some things in the story line were implausible. Of course, the premise is a little implausible - a man who is a Finder. But that was not my issue with the story.First off, Ram AKA Adam, is a likable character, but there are some jarring discrepancies. First off, getting a fake ID and then later telling the sheriff about his true identity. Wouldn't the sheriff have to arrest him? And going back to the forger to find out whether the man who had been murdered used him to create his forged papers. Why would the victim use the same forger? He travelled through plenty of states and towns - what is to say he used the same person?My biggest beef though was how Ram does all the research and its like the sheriff is sitting on the sidelines just waiting for him to show them the way. According to the book, the victim's wife says her husband was never prosecuted for the deaths of his patients, but he would have been taken in and questioned by the police, if not for that, then for the altercation between him and the disgruntled survivors. Police departments would share that information, and would have made the hunt that much easier. It just all seems to be so convenient that Ram does all the investigating.Also, the book seems to be a 'The Cat Who...' wannabe. Ram is a rich man who moves to a small town where his friend has bought a paper. Ram has a dog with special abilities. Ram is a polite man with frugal tastes.The story carried too much dialog and not enough action, even a 'gentle' novel needs to move along faster.