Lou's Reviews > To Kill the Truth

To Kill the Truth, the forth espionage thriller in the Maggie Costello series, is, unfortunately, a bit of a dud compared to the gripping third instalment, To Kill the President. I am aware that in general when you read an all-action, high-octane novel such as this you usually get the intense thrills, but the plot-driven nature of it means character development is put on the back-burner. The pace is as frenetic as ever, the premise intriguing and thought-provoking, if lacking in believability, and it is well written. This is a fun beach type of read, but I expected more from it given Bourne is a celebrated journalist, and I know he is capable of producing a well constructed, compelling thriller.

I hope the next instalment returns to the style we are used to from Mr Bourne but keeps to the topical, political storylines.

Many thanks to Quercus for an ARC.