Author: James Patterson and David Ellis
Published: May 4th 2017 by Century
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Genre: Suspense
I should know better than to drop everything and pick up a new Patterson just because someone else had said that it was the best book that they had read in a long time. A Patterson is a Patterson is a Patterson. They all seem to follow the same plug and play format and when the book has reached its ending, Patterson or co-author finds it necessary to add a couple more unnecessary chapters.
In a way, this book begins in the middle and works past and present when Detective Patti Harney finds her twin brother Detective Bill Harney near death from a gunshot to the head in the bedroom of assistant state’s attorney Amy Lentini. Only in a Patterson book, can a character take a straight through shot to the brain and come out of it with only memory loss and a limp.
Working backwards, and on face value, what lead up to this was a raid on a brothel and a missing black book. Apparently, everyone from executives, political leaders, and the head of a church frequented this brownstone and with so much at stake, names and pictures were released. What no one knew, outside of a very small contingent, Billy was also working undercover for Internal Affairs. Now the question is - why was Billy and his partner shot. Was it involving the black book or what he discovered during his undercover work?
With no memory and Billy being accused of murder, how is this going to unwind? There is the usual Patterson twist, one that you could see coming, but it was not until the end that you would find out the direction. Multiple characters were set up and if you have read Patterson long enough, you know to expect the least likely.
I could not wait until this book was over. Granted, the build-up was interesting but once again, Patterson lost me with dragging out the ending when the book was already over.
In a way, this book begins in the middle and works past and present when Detective Patti Harney finds her twin brother Detective Bill Harney near death from a gunshot to the head in the bedroom of assistant state’s attorney Amy Lentini. Only in a Patterson book, can a character take a straight through shot to the brain and come out of it with only memory loss and a limp.
Working backwards, and on face value, what lead up to this was a raid on a brothel and a missing black book. Apparently, everyone from executives, political leaders, and the head of a church frequented this brownstone and with so much at stake, names and pictures were released. What no one knew, outside of a very small contingent, Billy was also working undercover for Internal Affairs. Now the question is - why was Billy and his partner shot. Was it involving the black book or what he discovered during his undercover work?
With no memory and Billy being accused of murder, how is this going to unwind? There is the usual Patterson twist, one that you could see coming, but it was not until the end that you would find out the direction. Multiple characters were set up and if you have read Patterson long enough, you know to expect the least likely.
I could not wait until this book was over. Granted, the build-up was interesting but once again, Patterson lost me with dragging out the ending when the book was already over.
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