Andrew Gross has the amazing ability to start a story with a very simple premise--a lady with marital problems decides to have some fun--and leads the reader on a non-stop, whirlwind of excitement, thrills, and action. The plot and characters are fantastic and I just simply cannot put any of his books down for a minute. Excellent read! ( )

Almost forgot how good a story Andrew Gross writes; interesting stories, strong plot lines and characters that are a couple notches better than many crime/mystery writers.

This one moved a little slow at first and I was worried this might not be up to his usual standards -WRONG. Once I got into it it was hard to put it down. It was a very intriguing story and while there was a bit of stretching the way Andrew Gross presented the story it worked and candidly added to the ultimate story line. If there was one complaint I had it would be that would have liked to have more involvement of the secondary character but this is simply my point of view.

Would strongly recommend this for anyone who has enjoyed Andrew Gross and definitely for anyone who enjoys a good crime/thriller genera. ( )

This book started off slowly, otherwise it would have gotten a higher rating. Once Gross tied the two women's storylines together, though, the action picked up and the story became a page turner. The ending was weak, but was probably the most realistic part of the story. Overall, I enjoyed the story and will definitely try other books by this author. ( )

I couldn't finish it. The writing is so simplistic, not adult enough for my taste. Worse than that, though, is the repetition.

The author goes over and over what just occurred. Very maddening. It seems to me to be padding. That is, it is as if the author had a short story he wanted to lengthen to a novel, so he padded it with paragraphs that he felt emphasized what just happened. But, rather than emphasis, these paragraphs are unnecessary repetition.

I enjoyed the read, I liked it but the story was OK. I would give it more of a 3.5 stars on Amazon but here it is really barely a 3 which is the marking for I liked it. I didn't really like it, and I did not LIKE it.. I found it OK!

The novel was written to be fast paced and with an almost hopping manner of prose. At first I was not sure what I was going to be getting with the prologue but it was shown later on in the story, still after that was exposed it fit a very fundamental and predictable manner. Andrew Gross is an amazing writer, which shows through in this story and to have nothing new to the formula of the mystery. Here is the thing, the beginning was awesome! Wendy, one of our protagonist (the main one)is quite clever.... way to clever, to a point where I was *faceplant* a bit unreal, it was fun, granted but it was not believable. Again because it was formulaic there were many cliches the fact she bought into any of these promises and yet she was suppose to be so smart and and... well I was frustrated. About halfway through I almost stopped but kept up because the writing was good. HENCE my OK I thought it was better than OK but not as good as a full four star LIKE rating!

I have read Gross before and was expecting more out of this book. Again, his expert level of writing and story telling saved an average story build with average players. THOUGH her ex boss is my favorite! The rest of it? THe mafia and the... I got messed up confused and kind of just let that part waffle in the wind. They play a huge part, this mexican mafia, but to me they were even more cliche than the rest. AGAIN he has a great voice, this one just did not hit he mark of excellence I expected from the author!
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