This one was yet again a trademark JHC stuff…once you start it, only thing you want to do is to arrive at the last page. And again as usual (in most of JHC’s) the protagonist is anti-hero. There are several other characters…but the most of the plot is dedicated for the lead.The story is of a bank robbery…and again, as expected the bank (payroll) is which the protagonist works. Bank burglary, I guess is one of the most gripping and spellbinding plot and so it had to be and noticeably JHC writing style was a certain bonus.Although, there could have been lessening in few pages, which would have indeed (I opine) made the thing more gripping. As for most of JHC’s novel is takes only a couple of pages for that gravitational grasp, but for this one it took nearly about a dozen of pages, but that was never an issue.Go for it.
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