This is what I wrote in my original rec of the series (back before the fourth book had been published):
Okay, let me start by saying I don't really like mysteries or spy novels. Action movies make my eyes glaze over. I've never seen a James Bond film. And as a reader I tend not to do very well with complicated plots or fast-paced action sequences (see the aforementioned eyes glazing over).
And yet, this series of crime caper novels has completely eaten my brain this week. The two main characters are Simon Drake, a cocky young FBI agent who leads his own special ops team, and Jeremy Archer, an art thief/cat burglar/international man of mystery. It's a huge cliche to say that sparks fly when they meet, but, well...sparks fly.
The two main characters are supported by the fabulous, hilarious members of Simon's special ops team, a motley crew of overgrown adolescents and misfits. Many of the ensemble scenes with these guys (and a gal!) had me laughing out loud. The author has a real ear for banter, and her dialogue positively whips along. (Sometimes it's probably a bit too slick to be believable, but that's part of the pleasure of these novels -- they're larger than life, escapism at its best.)
I simply could not stop reading these over the past three days. They're long, but do give them a try. And could someone please stop me from going back and reading them again from the beginning?
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Date: 2009-07-30 10:26 pm (UTC)Okay, let me start by saying I don't really like mysteries or spy novels. Action movies make my eyes glaze over. I've never seen a James Bond film. And as a reader I tend not to do very well with complicated plots or fast-paced action sequences (see the aforementioned eyes glazing over).
And yet, this series of crime caper novels has completely eaten my brain this week. The two main characters are Simon Drake, a cocky young FBI agent who leads his own special ops team, and Jeremy Archer, an art thief/cat burglar/international man of mystery. It's a huge cliche to say that sparks fly when they meet, but, well...sparks fly.
The two main characters are supported by the fabulous, hilarious members of Simon's special ops team, a motley crew of overgrown adolescents and misfits. Many of the ensemble scenes with these guys (and a gal!) had me laughing out loud. The author has a real ear for banter, and her dialogue positively whips along. (Sometimes it's probably a bit too slick to be believable, but that's part of the pleasure of these novels -- they're larger than life, escapism at its best.)
I simply could not stop reading these over the past three days. They're long, but do give them a try.
And could someone please stop me from going back and reading them again from the beginning?