I'm always willing to strap in and take the ride.........even at the risk of the book letting me down.......(for example, see my recent post on "The Dead Girl In 2A".....)
I'm aware that David Bell regularly pumps out thrillers at a good clip, but this was the first one of his I finally got around to.....
But in no way will I write that creaky ancient line so beloved by readers and bloggers who weigh in on Goodreads......as in....."This is the first David Bell book I've ever read and it won't be my last!"
Not a chance. Cause if "Layover"s a prime example of Bell's output, this will be the last of his I'll crack open.....
Credit due........yes indeed, it's a fast-moving page turner. A depressed real estate exec falls for a beautiful mystery woman at an airport........a woman who may or may not be fleeing from danger......or may or may not have something to do with the disappearance of a tech CEO
So our lovesick, infatuated hero throws caution (and his job) to the wind and impulsively chases his Mystery Babe from city to city........much to the chagrin and confusion of police and the volcanic-tempered brother of the missing CEO.
The problem here? When you arrive at the end of this book, you realize what a run-of-mill, ordinary crime plot put all of this in motion. It's 'Meh' with a capital M.......like something you've already watched on a thousand times on TV detective shows........
It turns out that Bell suckered you into thinking the thriller aspect would be the main attraction here.
Nope. The thriller-diller stuff becomes nothing more than a plot device to set our unhappy, wayward hero on the life- changing journey he so craves.
Well, whoop-ity doo for him.........for the book 1 & 1/2 stars (* 1/2)........
And once again, another book in which BQ strongly warns you.....STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO AUTHOR BLURBS ON THE BACK COVER!!!! YOU'LL GET MORE ACCURATE OPINIONS FROM EITHER A FORTUNE COOKIE, A OUIJA BOARD OR THE MAGIC 8 BALL!
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