The Paladin
Slow hook. Gripping, but slow. Fast-paced, but a slow hook, for me.
“But our pasts never really stay in the past.” Page 88.
Common problem.
Just grabbed a quote because both in and out of context it was amusing, wry, and ever-so observant of human nature.
Guess the long form of the title gives it all away, what the essential elements are: a story of possible espionage, and there’s an ever-present layer of social commentary sandwiched in, on top with current events playing a central figure.
Watch the news?
While most of the story is over two years old, according to the chapter headings, the recent publication date suggests a number of last-minute edits. Nice spin to the way things are.
It’s a tale of revenge, and it’s set against our current world.
Feels real, if there might be a little too much glob-trotting action for my own sentiment. In no way does that distract from the novel itself — by the time I got to that quote, maybe a quarter of the way into the novel, I was at the “don’t want to put it down” point, sucked along by the narrative threads, the questions about who did what, betrayal, greed, and malfeasance. The usual?
Excellent, breezy summer reading, an updated (American) 007? Not quite, but close. Think that comparison is grasping a little, but as best I can do on short notice.
Going to have to look for more books by this author.
