There are five characters sharing top billing all trying to work the system to their own advantage. As the novel jumps from one character s perspective to another, readers can become a little confused as to whom they re supposed to be rooting for. None of them deserves a place on a pedestal. When Lee thinks to himself that Danny Buchanan deserves to be called a saint, it s definitely a sign of skewed values. The book s pacing suffers from the multitude of main characters.
Readers have to shift mental gears regularly as the focus switches from one individual to another.
There might be more thrills if the author had chosen to focus primarily on the adventures of Faith and Lee. The plot also has some holes. Bad guys show up with split-second timing time after time at one location after another. After all, Faith already has an FBI contact. Readers will need to put their willing suspension of disbelief on cruise control to swallow much of this implausible tale.