I would really like to give this book three and a half stars as the explosive action scenes, including Bob Swagger's torture scene, are both exciting and well defined. You can see, hear, touch, taste and feel what is happening to the characters as the guns roar and the bodies pile up during these moments.
However, the sub plot, Nick Memphis's dismissal from the FBI, and the journalist responsible for that happening, is a bit drawn out, and not nearly as important to the main plot of the story. That being said, the main plot is a bit tired, and I have read it before from other authors. there was nothing new offered here.
Maybe i have to stop reading this genre for awhile, but then I remember what I like about Hunter's writing, and make plans to crack open another Bob Lee Swagger novel before too long.