Review: Can't Have it Both Ways
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
Russel Blake is not one to disappoint. If you've read any of his other works, you'll find this one of the same high caliber of writing. His characters are believable, the plot flows, and you can't help but be drawn into the action. One of my disappointments is in the lack of character interaction. In real life, (Possible spoiler alert) the hero (el Capitain) would have bedded the teacher and the author would have made it memorable for everyone, including his readers. Also, the escape by el Ray could have been a little less contrived. Just like when he uses his 'contacts' for purchasing materials or arranging 'clean up' of a scene. Are these people in the shadows really so readily available? And doesn't he risk exposing himself every time he hires one of them? And yet, he is a ghost that no one has ever seen....