Started: Dec. 21
Finished: Dec. 26
Notes: This Brit author has become somewhat well known for his Leopold Blake thriller novels, but also for his marketing expertise. This is the first of the Blake novels, Blake being the last surviving member of a wealthy family who has turned his money and skills into making him a criminology consultant.
Mini review: Not bad. It's what I tend to think of as a light thriller, sort of along the lines of a Lee Child or James Patterson. A fair amount of action, somewhat interesting characters, but not a lot of depth. There's nothing wrong with that if it's what you're looking for. Here Leopold Blake and companions become involved in a mystery in Paris with enough twists and turns to make things interesting.
Haven't read a Patterson in a very long time. I read one that someone else had written 'with' him called "The Quickie," and it was so godawful that I just declared a moratorium. I've read a couple of Lee Child. Not bad but, like you say, not a lot of depth
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