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Critical Space
Greg Rucka
Piatkus £17.99 |
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Reviewed by John Orum |
Atticus, Bridget, and their friends have set
themselves set up as a security firm. They are good, very good
at what they do, but only rise to pre-eminence when they are
engaged to act as security for a member of the aristocracy who
has a high profile as a charity fundraiser. Of course, when she
visits the USA again, she engages them against a stalker. There
is a fly in the soup. An assassin. A professional, who abducts
their client. Atticus puts his life on the line to free her,
only to find himself engaged by the assassin herself. She wants
out, but somebody wants her dead, and Atticus is her best hope
at staying alive. This is a well told tale with an unusual twist
There is some padding, however. The author spends several pages
describing Atticus' training regime, which I could have done
without, whilst not giving enough attention to the development
of the rest of the characters, such as Bridget, Con, or the rest
of the team. Greg Rucka has the potential to become a top rank
author if he would give more attention to the lesser characters
and less to extraneous information which does nothing to add to
the development of either plot or character. Satisfactory.
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