Once again a really good thriller that builds up to a fast pace a little quicker than usual. I like the books in this series because they have a great balance of action, complex characters, and dry comedy. After the second book you don’t really know if any characters are going to be around for the rest of the series – so it feels like anything could happen to anyone.
The pace is set by the way this book is written – switching between characters within chapters so it feels like you need to keep reading to get to the next stopping point.
Unfortunately the author still has the habit (or is it his style, in fact?) of setting up little mini-cliffhangers designed to make the reader fear the worst, when usually there is a way out for the person in jeopardy. These come up so often that you just kind of know that there really isn’t any danger at all – you just expect them to get out of trouble a few pages later. Maybe the writer is setting our expectations for a huge twist down the road?
So, great book once again, and it’ll be hard to stay away from the next book in the series. I want to make these last, however, so I’m waiting for some other books to come up at the library first.
