The Holdout

I am amazed at the quality of this book. Let me explain: it is not that i thought that this book was going to be bad, but rather the author's past works have been so varied in content and timelines, this was the first stab at a ‘who-done-it' for Moore (at least of this caliber). Calling all Christie fans this one's for you! (Although he does spoil the plots of a few of her works, just skip page 116 for less frustration and no impact on this plot). All characters were clearly laid out in the primary with minimal involvement from secondary characters. The trick that kept it captivating was this: there were a TON of primary characters. Thus, a TON of primary suspects. It was your job, as the reader, to keep the facts straight (but one of the main protaganists, Maya, had a fantastic organizational manner of thinking to help you out.) I'd say for someone who is ready to dabble in the thriller/suspense genre: this is a soft intro into a deep dark world. For those of us who are experienced: this was no ‘Sharp Objects' or ‘Behind Her Eyes', BUT it was enjoyable all the same to fly through an easily digestable story line in a legal setting through the eyes of the Juror's. This book begs the question: when it is your decision to decide the fate of another person without you physically being present at the time of the crime, how are you to factually know and confidently decide a verdict? What if that haunts you for the rest of your life? What would it look like and how would you deal? What does redemption look like to people of different backgrounds, races and social situations.

Additionally this book was organized with shorter chapters with multiple perspectives which made it even more of a highly addictive page-turner WOULD RECOMMEND