Sharply rendered characters flesh out the book ... Such varied types make the pages snap, crackle and pop. With sleight of hand and twist of plot, Mr. Ide takes time to render his cast in rich psychological detail.
Ide ably manages his usual trick of mixing comic turns... with ramped-up tension ... And, yet, there is something new here, fighting to be heard: a deep note of all-prevailing sadness.
Ide’s sixth crime thriller featuring genius Isaiah “IQ” Quintabe... disappoints in its shift from deduction to full-tilt action ... The bulk of the plot centers on IQ’s efforts to free Grace, but Ide tosses in another villain eager for revenge on the investigator, which dilutes, rather than increases, the tension ... Awkward prose... and plot contrivances don’t help.
