Ellie Stowell may
look like the girl-next-door, but she’s a cat burglar and very good
at her profession. She’s been doing this for years so she knows how
to case a neighborhood, select an empty house, find a way in, and
quickly locate portable valuables like money and jewelry.
She selects a
promising Bel-Air house. Thinking it’s empty, she proceeds to
collect valuables until in the master bedroom she gets a nasty shock.
Three naked and very dead bodies are spread out on the bed. Each with
a bullet hole in the back of the head. This is bad enough, but
there’s a video camera, and it’s still running. Now Ellie is the
one being chased.
This is a rather
pedestrian thriller. I loved the description of Ellie in the first
chapters, but when the chase begins it devolves into a rather
formulaic plot. The characters, including Ellie, are not well
developed. They come across as flat stereotypes.
The story is told
primarily in narrative. We get Ellie’s thoughts, but the lack of
dialog is one reason the characters feel wooden. The pace is fast and
there’s plenty of action, but if you’re looking for a book where
you can connect with the characters, this isn’t it.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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