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Matt “Loose Cannon” Shannon was once an FBI agent. Now, he’s in charge of security for the world’s largest cruise line—but, mostly, he’s floating through life, from one drink to the next, trying to forget the mistakes and the loss of his past. One afternoon, as he joins his stepbrother, Jack Fontana, for a drink on the patio of a Miami bar, Jack, who’s just gotten out of prison, forces Matt to stop floating. He hands Matt a device that looks like a video game controller—and before he realizes what he’s doing, Matt has caused an explosion that leads to the sinking of a freighter.
With Jack holding the controller that’s covered in Matt’s fingerprints—as well as a secret that once kept Matt out of prison—Matt suddenly finds himself in his step-brother’s control. And Jack knows exactly what he’s going to do with it. Jack’s plan is to involve Matt in a heist on one of his own cruise ships—a heist that will make them more than enough money to comfortably retire.
Fever is an often intense—yet complex—story that’s often hard to follow. The characters are somewhat two-dimensional, and it’s hard to understand who they are and what motivates them. Jack, the bad guy with good intentions, is especially difficult to understand. And Matt may be the main character, the book’s narrator, but even he fails to let readers get to know him. He, like Jack, is an enigma—one with a story that he’s not really telling you. He keeps readers at an arm’s length at all times, and it makes it difficult to care about what happens to him in the end. While most of the story comes together in the end, by then I’d lost interest.
There may be plenty of shoot-outs and explosions in this book, but the weak story and distant characters make it a disappointment. If you’re looking for action and adventure (and even the occasional explosion), check out Michael Connelly instead.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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