You would think this technique would be annoying, but instead it makes it even harder to put down the book. Central to the story is this tropical island's legal system. Basically to save time and resources, presumed guilty is the name of the game with a fast trial and fast capital punishment.
Woods knows sailing and sailboats and has come up with a good story.
This book is page turner, and if you don't get a chance to read it sooner, take it on vacation. It's best to have set a solid day aside before you start to read it. Maybe it's because I had just finished Manhattan Nocturne and since that book is so well written that it made this book seem all the more shallow. But I read on. And then in chapter five, Stone Barrington appears and I'm hooked.