Split Second

For a book with an average rating of almost four stars, I was certainly expecting a better novel than this. It's hard to believe this came from an author who has written and published other novels. In short, the dialogue is stilted and awkward, the characters are flat, the plot is uninspired, and the climax and main villain are laughable – i.e., it reads like the first, unpublished novel from a first-year creative writing student. It was definitely a disappointing introduction to Baldacci.