Win

Of the 20 or so books I have read by this author, this was in the bottom 10% for me, especially since I think Win is an amazing character normally but here he is like the plot overall which "very mid at best" would be too generous. And compared to times that Coben was on his game, it's a literary lightning strike, high point in the clouds goes at light speed straight into the ground. But the issue is not being bad, it is every other book that was so much better.

Over twenty years ago, the heiress Patricia Lockwood was abducted during a robbery of her family's estate, then locked inside an isolated cabin for months. Patricia escaped, but so did her captors — and the items stolen from her family were never recovered. Until now ..... A man is found murdered in his penthouse apartment alongside items that were stolen from the Lockwood family all those years ago. The FBI wants to know how his family's stolen property ended up with a dead man. But Windsor Horne Lockwood III — or Win, as his few friends call him ... aims to find out. Win has three things the FBI doesn't: a personal connection to the case; an ungodly fortune; and his own unique brand of justice. The plot is cleverly written and contains twists and turns that rival a roller coaster. The characters are solidly drawn ... but some of the conversations between them seem a little disjointed ... I have read this author's works for several years and always found them full of action, suspenseful .. but this one just didn't make the cut for me. That being said, I'm hoping this is an anomaly and I look forward to see what comes next. Many thanks to the author / Grand Central Publishing / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.

I think this book was wonderful. I am so happy that I bought it and from the minute I started reading I couldn’t put it down. Personally, I found when captivating, because he is so difficult and different, but I like that about him. You can’t figure out the story it is very complicated, they’re therefore making it fun to read. I think it should be a movie, if Hollywood ever got it right. Maybe even Martin Scorsese? Don’t have a clue who would play Win, Because when would be almost impossible to portray. A very wealthy very violent very articulate, sartorial gentleman who is so smart it’s scary. I am a woman and I didn’t mind violence or the sex at all, making Win’s character seem even more real.