loved this book before, am re-reading it for our Book Club. We decided we wanted something a little different this month and we all like DeMille.**finished it, still a very enjoyable read, will likely read again! ( )

This is a very subtle book. Told in the first person, DeMille's protagonist draws conclusions from what looks at first like very little evidence, but explanations later in the book always had me nodding my head and agreeing that it all makes perfect sense when you put it that way. In the hands of a less-skilled author, I would have found this very technique very annoying, but DeMille made it all work very well. I was very impressed.

Add to that overall good writing, including a narrator who tells his story in a very likable chatty voice (even if said narrator isn't himself always a likable character), a really interesting take on the Mafia, and a story that has some interesting twists and turns, and it all comes out to quite a good book. ( )

I'm a Damille fan, and love his "voice," but after nealry 100 pages and very little happening, I decided to give it up. I don't like quitting books, but life's too short to suffer through books that aren't very good. But if you're looking for good DeMille reads, Plum Island, and any of the other John Corey books (except for Up Country) are great. ( )

I received a free copy at the LA Book Expo several months ago. This is the second Nelson Demille book I read.

Godfather meets the Great Gatsby.

The characters were certainly interesting, but often defied belief. The relationship between the main character and his wife was especially difficult to fathom.

The writing is quick paced and intriquing. ( )