danielleharrell 's review for:

The Defense by Steve Cavanagh
3.75
dark mysterious tense fast-paced

This is my first “real” thriller book, and I thought it was pretty good! Great buildup and the final confrontation was amazing. However, it read as extremely masculine to me. Overly masculine. There were like 20 male characters and only 5 females characters, most were minor characters, or described in an uncomfortable way (specifically Miriam). I had a fairly difficult time remembering who was who.