Jack Morgan’s Private firm investigates four cases in
Private: #1 Suspect; this is at least one case (if not two) too many. Every time James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
finally got around to discussing one of the cases other than the primary one, I
had to remind myself exactly who the players were. The main case is pretty good: Jack Morgan is suspected of killing his
ex-girlfriend who was found dead in his bed.
Given his resources, it shouldn’t be too hard for Jack to prove his
innocence; but unfortunately for Jack, an identical twin complicates
matters. The authors should have left
the focus here, but instead pad out the novel with a few other cases. The case introduced shortly after Jack finds
Colleen’s body involves men found dead in their hotel rooms after contacting an
escort service. This case could have
been another standout, but it was neglected for so long after its introduction
that I lost interest. And then there was
the case that got so little attention that I actually had to page through the
book in order to get the details right for this review. Three mobsters are killed while transporting
prescription drugs. This storyline added
nothing. Finally, there’s a case that
seems thrown in simply to add a little glamour.
Jack isn’t even involved in this one!
Two of his employees are hired to keep an eye on an actor who seems to have
a penchant for underage girls though he says he doesn’t remember sleeping with
them. With the exception of the mob drug
case, each one receives a decent ending; unfortunately, the pacing kept me from
becoming invested in any of the secondary cases, so I didn’t really care when
they were finally solved.
3/5
Review copy provided by the publisher, Little, Brown and
Company.
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