Third Degree - Greg Iles

Meh. I didn't like any of the characters and that was a big detriment to this book. Even the ones you are supposed to like aren't likeable for a number of reason. Danny is the hero but comes off as too perfect and there were little things that bothered me about his storyline. He has two kids with his wife, but he's only ever talking about one of them and is only concerned with custody of one. 

His Air Force backstory is a little faulty. From reading the notes this makes sense w- Iles consulted with an Army warrant officer. The Air Force doesn't have warrant officers (any more) so that portion was just weird. I'm not sure why they didn't just make the guy have an Army backstory. In the end, the only purpose this serves is so he can fly a helicopter. 



I don't want to sound prudish, but it's a bit hard to drum up some sympathy for these adulteress characters who spend so much time just thinking of themselves.


 
The story happens in one 24 hour period and it just gets too black or white at points. The dialogue is not really that believable either, which I think happens a lot when people write using kids as characters. Towards the end it felt like Iles backed himself into a narrative corner so the story just kept going on and on until Warren did himself and the reader a favor and killed himself. That was really the only logical ending.

2/5 Stars.