What a strange piece of writing this was.
Starts slowly, burns a bit about a third of the way through, then lags when it should be exciting, as our protagonist is investigating a murder and corporate crime, and preparing to avenge his uncle. A sense of anachronism pervades the book. I felt these characters would be better off stuck in a spy novel from the 1930s, and our characters not knowing how iPhones or birth control works only made the feeling worse.
My first Begley, and certainly won't be my last, as he has real talent and skill - I so appreciated his facility in jumping from one point on our locally historical timeline to the next - but I was left feeling quite empty, as the skill did nothing for this rote plot.