Title: He's done so much better
Review: This novel was juvenile compared to some of Iles' other novels (The Quiet Game, Mortal Fear). It was embarrasssingly weak and at times perverse in its portrayal of the relationships bewteen the characters. It was outrageous for the author (in the end) to throw his support toward the accused (Dr. Elliot) and support sexual relations between a 40 yr. old physician and a 17 year old girl. The story dragged. It had me suspending my belief (and this is fiction!) in that Penn Cage was this quasi-superhero who could leap the tallest building. This story included the fastest-moving rumor mill ever (word travel, of course, by cell phone mostly, from the babysitter, to Penn, to Dr. Elliot's wife, et al. --- simply too much to fathom).This was well below the author's capability. I did not finish this novel, I refused to be a victim to this elementary (probably rushed off to press) writing. Too bad, it could have been much better.
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