Tag: Thomas Block

More so I have a record of having read them, a few words on the last couple of books I finished.

First up, Praying for Sleep by Jeffrey Deaver. This is a definite improvement on the other standalone Deaver novel I read recently, The Lesson of Her Death. It’s still a little ploddy and seems to spend an age telling you too much about character background, but the story’s better and the ending is a great twist.

Secondly is a book I’ve had kicking about on my shelves for years, but never read. I picked up a copy in Australia and finally got around to reading it. Mayday by Nelson DeMille and Thomas Block was re-released, slightly updated, in the 1990’s and this is the version I read. It’s a story of an air disaster but focuses more on the actions of those on the surface than those in the air.

It’s typical DeMille – fast-paced and interesting – with a good dollop of realistic tech courtesy of co-author (and old schoolmate) Block. Yeah, it’s silly when it comes down to it – but it’s a disaster movie in paper form so it’s bound to be. Entertaining enough to be worth picking up, but far from the intellectual enjoyment of The General’s Daughter or Word of Honor (sic, which was fantastic).

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