For a thriller written by a guy famous for turning out page-turners this one seemed a bit slow at certain moments. It seems like the first 100 pages are just set-up for the rest of the story.
We follow hitman and psycho rapist the Butcher as well as Cross’ retirement from FBI duty. The incidents that make him retire make you wonder why he didn’t do it years ago, all the danger he’s been in and all. Of course it doesn’t take long for Cross to help out his friend John Sampson with an investigation. Especially when it looks like the guy Sampson’s looking for is also the killer of Cross’ wife.
Anyway, the style is typical Patterson again and an easy read. Personally I like the added possibilities of Cross retiring from the FBI to set up a private practice. There’s cliffhanger at the end that sounds like an interesting premise for the next novel but maybe this series starts to read a bit too much like a TV-series with a ‘to be continued’ at the end. I for one, was expecting a lot more from this novel.
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