Title: Formulaic and predictable
Product review: A quarter of the way through I realized why this book is such a page-turner. Brown uses a tried-and-true formula for keeping the readers going, even when the story lapses into incredible implausibility. Develop a series of mysteries within a bigger mystery and keep the reader interested by making every chapter a cliff-hanger. One mystery solved leads to another mystery to be solved. Etc., etc., etc. Now that seeing how it's done by a master I'm going to write a similar novel, make a million bucks, and retire. Unlike Mr. Brown, however, I won't bother writing more than one bestseller. I'm not greedy. I figure one good bilkering of America's dumbed-down readers is enough.
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