152. Title & Author: Empire of Lies by Andrew Klavan (383 pages)
Genre: Fiction--Thriller
Completed: 20 July 2010
Summary & Review:
After turning away from a youth filled with reckless choices, Jason Harrow is enjoying his quiet life with his wife and children in the Midwest when a phone call from an old girlfriend drags his ugly past into the present. He travels to New York to help this woman find her daughter, who, she reveals, is his daughter as well. Jason is finally able to locate the girl and discovers that she was a witness to a murder committed by a terrorist cell. As Jason digs deeper into the story he realizes that an imminent attack on America is in place and only he can see through the lies and take down the real leader of the plot before disaster strikes.
This book was recommended by several sites like National Review, so I was pretty excited to read it. I guess I must have been expecting something much more substantial than just a run-of-the-mill thriller because I was disappointed with the book overall. Jason Harrow, the protagonist, was not a character that I found to be intriguing or captivating. The story was mediocre, as was the writing. Plus, there were sections of this novel that were quite ribald. I guess National Review and Glenn Beck talked about this book just because the protagonist was a conservative. While I'll admit that the politics were less idiotic than those found in novels by someone like Lee Child, I think other authors such as Vince Flynn or Brad Thor do a better job mixing conservative politics with action-packed thrillers.
Rating: 4.0
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