Customer Reviews
A pacy page-turner - By: , 23 Apr 2002 
If you enjoy "24" & "The West Wing" as much as I do, then you might like to try Patterson's political thriller.
Like "24", it details an assassination attempt in the run-up to the California primary ; like "The West Wing", the focus is on a charismatic Democrat leader & his hardworking campaign team.
Patterson has sublime control over his narrative pacing, and, although one element of the finale was telegraphed a bit, I'm more than happy to move on with Patterson's dramatis personae to "Protect & Defend".
An interesting read - By: , 15 Jan 2001 This novel covers just a few days in the campaign for the presidency of the United States in great detail. As well as describing the campaign management in depth, it ventures into some of the moral arguments of the time. Woven within this framework are two basic themes - the scandal of an inappropriate love affair & the plot to kill the presidential candidate. Patterson also provides a lot of background on the candidate himself. I found the campaign descriptions interesting & I liked the journalistic slant but I felt the novel as a whole in need of some judicious pruning!
A page-turner - By: , 19 Dec 2000 
This is only the second book I have read by RN Patterson, but I'll definately be reading more. Like my first encounter with Patterson in SILENT WITNESS, I found this book to be predictable in places. However this just added to my enjoyment. I wanted to read on to see if I was right. The supsense was almost too much at times. The way Patterson brings the pages to life & alllows the reader to become part of the story is excellent. Again I found that I was rooting for the lead characters & wanted to get to know them better. Which I did, with each turn of the page. I'm very glad that I was introduced to this writter & can't wait to read another.
If you liked The Brethen by John Grisham then buy this - By: , 13 Nov 2000 Richard North Patterson has again done an excelleng job, as he did with Silent Witness. Following the main characters race for election is a real page turner. You are kept on a knive edge as a man is on the hunt to kill him like his brother was killed. The plot keeps you enthrawled as you wonder who is after him & why?
