Michael A Almond

At first I struggled a bit to get into the story and the characters. In fact, I kind of read in a daze the first half of this book. Yet, the second half where Ben was trying to piece together what really happened involving Virgil held my attention.

There is the battle of wits between Vincent and Ben. Both had some tricks up their sleeves. I really felt for Virgil. He was caught between a rock and a hard place. Thus as the story went along and I saw how it all played out for Virgil; let's say that there is no "real" winner when it came to justice.

This book is in the vein of To Kill a Mockingbird. Which, I do believe this book will hold up the test of time like Mockingbird. It is hard to believe that this is Mr. Almond's debut novel as it reads like the author's fourth or fifth novel. I look forward to seeing what Mr. Almond comes out with next.… (más)