I am really becoming a fan of Thomas Perry. The biggest problem with this book is that you have a hard time deciding whom to root for. You have the Butcher's Boy (and I recommend reading The Butcher's Boy first) AKA Schaeffer/Ackerman/Wolfe or Elizabeth Waring, the Justice Department analyst, or Jack Hamp, the ex-cop. Each has his/her own demons to deal with, but is very competent, but surrounded by incompetents. I don;t kn ow if it was the way Michael Kramer (one of my favorite readers) read this, or just the amusing writing, but some of the scenes were downright funny, in a macabre sort of way. The one with Frateli and the bank manager was just such a scene. Wonderful fun.Note that I listened to this so some of the names are probably misspelled.
