Although the book has a clever plot, just as you'd expect from Deaver, there were
several spots where I felt manipulated. After a while I was able to guess the
next twist just because I was expecting the manipulation. The book also suffers
badly from poor or nonexistent editing: lots of typos and some situations that
didn't make sense, even to a reader like myself who isn't completely savvy about
FBI protocol or criminal behavior. For example, I can't believe that even the stupidest
criminal would kidnap someone and not only leave the captor's possessions
untouched, wouldn't even search to see what the kidnap victim had in pocket,
purse. etc.
Anyway, the book is readable and better than his last one. I'd recommend it for a long airplane ride, but
maybe Deaver's losing his "edge" now.