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Apparently I like to torture myself with James Patterson books. I see them in the bookstore, I read the back synopsis and think this sounds interesting. There's a voice in the back of my head that starts whispering “Wait. What? Patterson? No. Don't do this to yourself. Put it back.” And then I ignore that voice. Often to my own regret.

Not that this book was bad, even though the writing was rather plain. It was short - just over 100 pages, so there was no way they (and by they I mean James O. Born and the notes/story outline from Patterson) could cram in 10 additional non-related plots involving 4 other residents of the small New York town where it was set. The characters have potential - especially Mitchum, if they'd lay off the constant mentioning of his almost being a Navy SEAL. The plot however was pretty much a paint-by-numbers, cram it all in at the end suspense trope.