Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Date of publication: March 2018
Two hours outside of Washington, DC is the mortuary for the U.S. government's most top-secret and high profile cases. America's most important funeral home. To work there, mortician Jim "Zig" Zwicharowski has one rule: never let a case get personal. But when a new body arrives--of young female sergeant Nola Brown, who was a childhood friend of Zig's daughter--Zig can't help himself. Looking closely at Nola's body, he realizes immediately: this isn't Nola. Indeed, his daughter's friend is still alive. And on the run. Zig's discovery reveals a sleight of hand being played at the highest levels of power--and traces back through history to a man named Harry Houdini. "Nola, you were right. Keep running."
I have been searching for a truly "thrilling" thriller. I was hoping to find it in The Escape Artist, but sadly, I am still searching after finishing it. For the most part, I did enjoy the book, but I would classify it as more of a mystery than a thriller.
I did like Nola's character. In flashbacks, we get to see her formative years and it's not a big surprise she ended up like she did. I found myself applauding her in the end. I didn't care too much for Zig though. He kept making dumb decisions for the wrong reasons. I'm not too sure he is someone I would want to read about in a future book. But give me some more Nola in a book and I'd pick it up.
The big twist was predicable about half way though the book. For me, it wasn't very shocking. Overall, it's a fairly straight forward mystery. But, it does suffer from too many convenient coincidences. This is the first book that I have read by this author, so I have nothing else to compare it to. I'll probably give him a try again in the future.
1 comment:
I had high hopes for this one, but those have dwindled after reading several lackluster reviews.
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