This book is divided into eleven main sections, with a total of 121 chapters, and about 421 pages.
The story is is told chronologically, starting with a dramatic kidnapping that sets up some background events and motivation. The first section is “April 8”, which has seven chapters. The next section is “Monday: Five Weeks Later: May”; which covers the next six chapters. Then the rest of the parts are just titled by the day of the week: “Tuesday” has nine more chapters, then “Wednesday” with eight more chapters, etc.
There is a ton of high-stakes action and drama at the beginning of the book, as heroic Detective Billy Harney has extra personal motivation to catch a particularly bad criminal. Then the action slows down a bit, as new characters are added to the story and a deeper plot unfolds. We get pieces and details from different character's perspectives, and soon the story goes in some unexpected directions. It is a pretty long book, but the short chapters and good pacing made it seem to go by pretty quickly.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this book. I was not familiar with the Billy Harney character, as I had not read his other stories, but I didn't have any trouble following the plot. So at least it doesn't seem like you need to read the other books first. I didn't feel like this was the most mind-blowing story ever, but it was constantly compelling enough to keep me turning the pages. The characters seem pretty believable, (even if sometimes a little cliché); and the situations that Patterson sets up always kept me curious about how they would be resolved. The ending didn't go exactly how I thought it might, but it was still satisfying enough for me. So all in all, even though I wouldn't say that it is my favorite thriller this year, any book this long that I can't put down until I finish it must be pretty good. 4.5 / 5
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