The Righteous Men
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reviewing for Harper Collins firstlook; will decide to keep/let go when finished
when the regular version comes out in stores, I'll pick it up and then this one will be available.
This book is a fast-paced thriller that kept me turning pages after I started it, and is really good if you're looking for a few hours of reading entertainment time. Don't expect great literature here, because it is simply a suspense thriller, but it tops pretty much everything on the shelves currently. My understanding is that the American version is out in September, so put this one on your list to buy if you are into this genre. I liked it with one caveat. I thought it was a bit predictable, but there is a good twist at the end that I wasn't expecting so that made up for the predictability factor. And it is a bit far-fetched, but what's not out there in the realm of thrillers/suspense? So all in all, I'd say it was a fun reading experience.
basic summary, no spoilers:
Will Monroe is on the fast track to becoming a rather top- notch journalist for the New York Times, and his first good story was a look at the life of the victim of a rather brutal crime, a pimp who had been stabbed to death. After his story appears in the paper, he is sent to sub for someone in the Seattle bureau, but while there, his nose for news sends him to investigate the death of a right-wing militia man in Montana. It is while he is on this trip that he receives a rather cryptic email saying that his wife has been kidnapped, and he takes the first plane home. His investigations into his wife's kidnapping take Will and his friends far into the world of Jewish mysticism, into a situation where he is not sure who he can trust.
As I said earlier, it's a fun read and will be a good way to pass an afternoon or two. I think if you like suspense or thriller type novels, you shouldn't miss this one.
This book is a fast-paced thriller that kept me turning pages after I started it, and is really good if you're looking for a few hours of reading entertainment time. Don't expect great literature here, because it is simply a suspense thriller, but it tops pretty much everything on the shelves currently. My understanding is that the American version is out in September, so put this one on your list to buy if you are into this genre. I liked it with one caveat. I thought it was a bit predictable, but there is a good twist at the end that I wasn't expecting so that made up for the predictability factor. And it is a bit far-fetched, but what's not out there in the realm of thrillers/suspense? So all in all, I'd say it was a fun reading experience.
basic summary, no spoilers:
Will Monroe is on the fast track to becoming a rather top- notch journalist for the New York Times, and his first good story was a look at the life of the victim of a rather brutal crime, a pimp who had been stabbed to death. After his story appears in the paper, he is sent to sub for someone in the Seattle bureau, but while there, his nose for news sends him to investigate the death of a right-wing militia man in Montana. It is while he is on this trip that he receives a rather cryptic email saying that his wife has been kidnapped, and he takes the first plane home. His investigations into his wife's kidnapping take Will and his friends far into the world of Jewish mysticism, into a situation where he is not sure who he can trust.
As I said earlier, it's a fun read and will be a good way to pass an afternoon or two. I think if you like suspense or thriller type novels, you shouldn't miss this one.
