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Already Gone by John Rector
Nov. 8th, 2014 11:24 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Jake Reese is an ordinary guy with an ordinary job, trying to block out the memory of his violent past by planning for the future with his new wife, Diane. But the past has a habit of refusing to stay buried …
When two men attack Jake in a car park and cut off his ring finger, he tries to dismiss it as an unlucky case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But when events take a more sinister turn and Diane goes missing, Jake knows he can no longer hide from the truth.
As he embarks on a mission to find Diane, Jake finds himself dragged back into the life he thought he had walked away from forever and the days ahead begin to unfold in terrifying ways …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
John Rector’s thriller is a so-so affair about the impossibility of escaping your past and the secrets that can exist in any relationship. At times it reminded me a little of GONE GIRL (although it predates it by two years), notably the way Rector reveals information about Diane. The dialogue is crisp, it skips along at a decent pace and there’s a hard-boiled vibe to it but the plot threatens to fall apart at times with some twists that verge on ludicrous, especially as Jake never behaves like someone who had a criminal past (certainly he’s not ruthless enough given his former violent nature). Ultimately it’s an okay read that would make a good beach novel and there was enough here for me to check out Rector’s other work.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the free copy of this book.
Jake Reese is an ordinary guy with an ordinary job, trying to block out the memory of his violent past by planning for the future with his new wife, Diane. But the past has a habit of refusing to stay buried …
When two men attack Jake in a car park and cut off his ring finger, he tries to dismiss it as an unlucky case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But when events take a more sinister turn and Diane goes missing, Jake knows he can no longer hide from the truth.
As he embarks on a mission to find Diane, Jake finds himself dragged back into the life he thought he had walked away from forever and the days ahead begin to unfold in terrifying ways …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
John Rector’s thriller is a so-so affair about the impossibility of escaping your past and the secrets that can exist in any relationship. At times it reminded me a little of GONE GIRL (although it predates it by two years), notably the way Rector reveals information about Diane. The dialogue is crisp, it skips along at a decent pace and there’s a hard-boiled vibe to it but the plot threatens to fall apart at times with some twists that verge on ludicrous, especially as Jake never behaves like someone who had a criminal past (certainly he’s not ruthless enough given his former violent nature). Ultimately it’s an okay read that would make a good beach novel and there was enough here for me to check out Rector’s other work.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the free copy of this book.
