A review by rembrandt1881
The Goodbye Man by Jeffery Deaver

3.0

This second Colter Shaw novel is a step down from the first. It moves away from some of the techniques and idiosyncrasies of the main character from the first novel a bit. For me, part of the allure of these silly pulp novels is how the writers lean in to these little traits and to see it get pared back let me down. The story does tend to meander at the end, not wrapping up with the quickness it needs, especially when there is another thread that connects the series that Deaver then wants to dedicate some chapters to. The villain plan at the end was also a let down for me, it seemed like such a small and tossed away idea that wasn't worthy of the work to get there. It was almost as if everyone involved in this got a little bit tired at the end. I will be checking in to see how the series ends though so it didn't turn me off that much.