Title: Predictable and tedious but I read it anyway
Product review: This was my first Balducci book. Had to read it so as not to disappoint my daughter who gave it to me for Christmas. As compared to Clancy, Forsyth, Follett, Grisham, Ludlum and others, well what can I say? If the "The Winner" is typical work from this author, then perhaps he should take more lessons from the established mystery writers. There was not one 'Jackson' character that I didn't pick up on immediately. Didn't anybody tell this guy that revolvers don't have safeties on them or that shotguns don't shoot bullets or that hiding a .44 magnum in a jacket pocket is about as realistic as hiding a gallon of milk in one? Predictable and tedious, but I read it.
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