** spoiler alert ** Sure it’s thrilling and a page turner but I like my stories to be believable. Below are some challenges I faced when reading this book.

What I can almost believe:
- After seemingly avoiding men for 17 years, stunningly beautiful Jeanine/Nina quickly falls in love with a slovenly drunkard who when he sobers up is dapper and has a heart of gold
- Justin’s stay of execution is little too last-last-minute
- Our evil antagonist is not only a corrupt cop who rises effortlessly through the ranks but in his free time he also kidnaps, sells, and kills beautiful women
- The ~20 murdered women disappear without a trace even though they are apparently dropped into the ocean once they are no longer useful
- Our ruthless murderers kill without a thought but do not put a bullet into Charlie before pushing him off the boat - how come he doesn’t disappear in the ocean too?
- That a cop with a bad record (okay, maybe he was just unliked) could so easily move from one police force to another?
- That Jeanine could so easily change her identity
- That Peter could so quickly find Jeanine in NYC.

What makes the story unbelievable:
- In exonerating Justin, Jeanine is the first person who uncovers evidence of his picture in the paper
- When returning to Florida, Jeanine doesn’t try to find the Jump Killer
- That Jeanine never calls the FBI, even the contact who gives her his business card
- That the FBI, after watching Peter for seventeen years, has not arrested him for his crimes. (They gave Jeanine the clues on his first wife’s murder.)

I may be a little over-critical when reading novels but no one in this story seems real and the plot is overly contrived and dramatic. In conclusion, however, I do consider this book one of Patterson’s better efforts.