Title: Condense the first half of the book and you've got a winner
Product review: Compared to "Eyes of a Child", "Degree of Guilt",and "Lasko Tangent", this book just didn't cut it.I found myself NOT liking the characters very well(with the exception of Saul)and I literally had toforce myself through the first half of the the book(which establishes the character's histories.)Once the trial started, however, it was classic R.N.Patterson...tight and suspensful. I must admit,I had a different villian picked out but by thesame token, was not surprised. In fact, I thoughtthe ending amounted to literary slight-of-hand...should have known better but was fooled anyway!I'd advise first time Patterson readers to startwith one of his earlier books (especially "Degreeof Guilt")but long time Patterson fans will want toread this mostly because I suspect it's not the lastwe'll see of Tony Lord (in addition to "PrivateScreening")
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