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Title: If at first you don't succeed...
Review: Please don't try again. I've searched my memory since finishing THIEF for a book that was maybe three-fourths as bad as this one, but no one stands out. Thomas O'Callaghan obviously did not put much effort into this. His agent should be given some type of award for moving heaven and earth to get THIEF published in the first place. O'Callaghan's writing style is so syrupy and disgusting and dramatic that each time I began reading again, I had to make sure I hadn't picked up one of my sister's bodice-rippers. THIEF is just plain bad. Period. He's overly-descriptive, which, I suppose is just another way of saying he's too wordy. I'd never actually had the urge to punch a fictional literary character until John W. Driscoll came along. If you want a good story about a serial killer with an obsession for bones, try Jeffrey Deaver's THE BONE COLLECTOR, which I can guarantee is where the idea for THIEF came from, whether O'Callaghan wants to admit or not.
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