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Disappointing ! This was certainly NOT one of his best!

Unfortunately I did not read the reviews before I ordered this book. I am half way through and have never been able to get into it. To me it is just plain boring.
I am going to give up on this book and get to another book that works for me.

I don't know if it is just me, but this book seemed totally different from his other works. Almost as if it was written by someone else. It was an "ok" book but not as good as his earlier stuff in my opinion.

Steve Nye is just an average guy slogging through life until his dementia afflicted father utters the words, "I killed her."

Typically I enjoy Little's writing but this one was just not very good. The characters are not well developed and some of the scenarios just don't gel. At times I was tempted to just dump the book but I kept hoping it would get better.

I gave it 2.25 stars because it is a great premise that was poorly handled.

The concept starts out strong--a middle-aged man forced to face his father's mortality via murder both past and present. This plot carries the book in spite of a forgettable writing style for the first 2/3 of the book. However, at that point, the plot takes a nose-dive into typical, cliched territory that read as if it was placed in the novel for a gross-out, shock factor, rather than as a metaphor for....anything really. A disappointing ending to what could have been a memorable book.

I recommend it to big thriller fans looking for an easy beach read.

Check out my full review.

I bought this book brand new when it first came out (rare for me, lol) because I love Bentley Little...but for some reason this book didnt seem to hold me like his other books. It was just "okay" Still glad I read it.