A thriller. The hero is a square-jawed hunk who happens to be a Texas Ranger who saves the life of a judge during a courtroom shooting; this couple subsequently have a lot of squelchy sex, lovingly described. The whodunnit element is elementary with the few twists clearly signalled. Low-lifes are cowardly, criminal masterminds psychopathic, good guys are great and bad guys are nasty.
Favourite moments:
- A wonderfully minimalist description of sex (an austere contrast to later no-holds-barred-all-holds-carefully-detailed descriptions): "Him. Her. Ignition. Blast-off." (C 6)
- "Rednecks with more cousins than teeth." (C 32)
November 2020; 410 pages.
Another New York Times Bestseller Lists book reviewed in this blog is The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.
No comments:
Post a Comment