Review of Suspicion by Joseph Finder
By Liam Shea
Overall the novel was enjoyable
and rang true to what I believe federal law enforcement would do under the
circumstances presented in the story. The plot line starts with a single father named Danny Goodman, our leading character, whining and worrying about his lack of
money and inability to provide for his daughter. This didn’t work for me because
he is not struggling to keep food on the table, but rather, he is struggling to
keep his daughter in a high dollar private school with the rich crowd. If he
wanted to provide for her in a more realistic way then he could do it with the
money he is paying in fancy tuition. But, that wouldn’t work for Mr. Finder because
the school is a vital link to the drama that follows.
The daughter is a shallow
character who is more interested in disobeying and shopping than the important
things of life. I found myself questioning Danny’s parenting abilities and the
values he has taught his daughter.
As for Danny’s whining, I
found it tiresome, mostly because it goes on and on for not pages but chapters.
At one point I was tempted to put it down and go onto another book simply
because of the characters attitude, however, when the author finally got past
building that character flaw into his leading man the story got much better.
Looking back on the entire
book I think that this worrisome part if the character lends to the feeling of
danger throughout the last half of the novel. The FBI agents who approach him are completely
believable and the idea of one being guilty by complicity is a real thing; I
looked it up. You’ll just have to read the novel to know how that effects the
main character. I’m giving no spoilers here. I give Suspicion by Joseph Finder 3 and a half stars out of 5.
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