Title: Weak political thriller
Product review: "The Lions of Lucerne" reads like a first novel. The prose has a somewhat amateurish tint to it, as do the plot and some of the action scenes. Just one example of completely amateurish writing: there is a scene in which the protagonist assaults an FBI agent for insulting him. No doubt that is supposed to show how macho he is. Just not done, folks. Assaulting a Federal officer is a felony; any questions? Scenes like this rob this novel of authenticity. Further, the plot just does not cut the mustard. If the US President were kidnapped by terrorists there would be an uproar many orders of magnitude greater than this book envisions. And the President would not be rescued by a disgraced lone maverick. More would be telling, but really, there is not much more to be told. RJB.
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