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dsrtao_The Two-Minute Rule_, Robert Crais
Crime drama. Crooked cops (LA). A protagonist who just finished ten years in the pen for bank robbery. 1100 FBI agents in LA? Really? Three bank robberies daily, M-F? Well, I guess somewhere has to beat Boston.
There's a problem with a limited cast of characters and an identify-the-villain scenario: if you're playing completely fairly with the reader, then they can work out who it is before the protagonist does. In this case, I worked out the motive and the antagonist a few pages before the protagonist.
Despite not having conventionally likable characters, the writing is clear and the plot sufficiently twisty to keep me glued to the book.
Crime drama. Crooked cops (LA). A protagonist who just finished ten years in the pen for bank robbery. 1100 FBI agents in LA? Really? Three bank robberies daily, M-F? Well, I guess somewhere has to beat Boston.
There's a problem with a limited cast of characters and an identify-the-villain scenario: if you're playing completely fairly with the reader, then they can work out who it is before the protagonist does. In this case, I worked out the motive and the antagonist a few pages before the protagonist.
Despite not having conventionally likable characters, the writing is clear and the plot sufficiently twisty to keep me glued to the book.
