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Queen, The: A Patrick Bowers Thriller (2011)

by Steven James(Favorite Author)

4.35 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Revell

series

The Patrick Bowers Files

review 1: Steven James has become a favorite author with me, comparing his efforts to Robert B. Parker, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, James Patterson, etc. In The Queen, he includes the threat of a nuclear missile, a Russian assassin, a love triangle, spy rings, and more. The story is riveting and hard to put down. Mr, James again demonstrates his outstanding ability to weave a story - including great dialog and good character development. Next, I want to get his Opening Moves and The king. Keep writing, Steven James!
review 2: I have liked the Patrick Bowers books since I began reading them two years ago. Each one stood on its own while still leading to something greater (as evidenced with the building titles of chess pieces). That is, I liked the books up until this one.Thi... mores book suffers from too much detail and poor tropes. It rehashes ideas that came up in each of the past books for its mysteries. It suffers from over-explanation so much so that you can skip (as I did) hundreds of pages and miss nothing more then some irrelevant events to the greater purpose of the book. It tries hard to add in mysteries that don't matter to the two central concerns of the book: Richard Basque's murdering (and underneath that the chess game between him and Patrick) and the murders that took place in Wisconsin. In the other books, there was some connection or purpose behind them that was connected to the overall story but, in this book, they are unrelated events. When I figured that out (by, oh, p. 60) I wanted to know why I was reading this book. I never found an answer to that other than some vague connections to the first and second books in the series but not to the overarching one that should be driving this series (Basque). Outside of that, while they may seem real, the relationships in this book read like a soap opera (as has been stated in other reviews). They are shallow, flat, and, as with the rest of the book, over explained. This was the other draw of the books was seeing Bowers's personal life and how it interconnected with his work life. In this book... It was stretching and unnecessary.I plan to read the rest of the books because Steven James does have a way with language and writing that makes the action and sense of happening feel real. I'm hoping that they become relevant to the actual story instead of a sense of filler with vague inferences and last minute addendum's. He has a prequel and two follow-ups to conclude the story; it'd be a shame to stop reading the series after coming so far. less

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