Title: A failed exercise....
Product review: .This book struck me as a failed attempt by Patricia Cornwell to publicly flex her literary muscles. She tries to write dialog like Elmore Leonard, and she takes every opportunity to show off her knowledge of minutiae regarding automobile mechanics and other things.Like the one that's in the book, this dog does not hunt.Her characters are all stereotypes; there is not one that is the least bit interesting or complex. The dialog is garbage. The story line is not believable; it is, however, predictable. The suspense is not suspenseful.I do believe that Patricia is a very smart, very capable woman. No doubt about that. I also believe she *could* be a good writer. She just needs to stop trying so hard to show off how smart and capable she is while imitating other writers.In short, I think she needs to find herself and come to peace with what she finds. Then maybe she'll write a good novel
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