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Title: Caution Editors: We're Actually Paying Attention
Review: I've enjoyed Margolin's work in the past, but this novel is long on verbiage and short on real impact. Also, there is a critical error in the text when Kirkpatrick refers to the recently escaped Morelli character as Rice (the true name of the as-yet-unknown mystery man). This threw me for a loop while I was trying to figure out who knew what about whom. (Has anyone else caught this error?) Sorry, Mr. Margolin, but I think this work was a trite amalgam of plenty of better-paced action thrillers. And, I never really felt sympathetic for the cardboard Ami. In short, "Lost Lake" was just long-winded, overly contrived caca doody. More like "Lost Time" for me. Now, excuse me while I get back to Ellroy, Bruen, McBain, Mankell, Rankin, Reginald Hill, and the others who can really craft a fine tale and fill it with characters who feel alive.
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