The last three books out of this author have been so below average as to what we expect from him, I am hoping his creative juices have not dried up because I have read all of his previous books and have been thrilled with them. This particular read was one of those books that you think is going to get better--page after page until you are about 50 pages from the end and then you know it will not get better but you finish it anyway hoping for a great boffo ending--well, it ends with a whimper and you have wasted hours of your time. The review was given 3 stars instead of 2 because I did actually finish and the basis of the story line was interesting.
On the plus side, we get less of the girlfriend. Robin, and more of Milo and his wonderful adjectives for his superiors. On the minus--Less of Delaware's insight and participation, more of Milo scarfing tons of food, not utilizing supporting characters of past novels that we are used to (Sean Binchy, Moe) and after bringing in fairly important characters not utilizing them to the fullest. MILD SPOILER ALERT The final reveal is a big fat out of nowhere flop. Interesting ending but not a good one.
Maybe Mr. Kellerman will bring in his son Jesse the next time and give us something extra special.Get more detail about Deception: An Alex Delaware Novel.
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