Publisher's Weekly Review
A seemingly harmless barroom flirtation saddles Nick White, the appealing hero of this middling crime novel from Thriller Award-finalist Rector (Already Gone), with $20,000 in cash, a flash drive, and a photo of an intended hit victim when's he's mistaken for a hired killer. Soon the real hired killer is on Nick's trail. With help from his ex-cop father, Charlie, Nick discovers the identity of the would-be target, Abigail Pierce; the woman who unwittingly hired him, Patricia Holloway; and their relationship to Daniel Holloway, the head of a medical research firm, Holloway Industries. When Nick decides to warn Abigail, the two of them fall into the clutches of a trio of ruthless men, who give the pair 24 hours to get the information they want from Patricia. Nick faces steep odds as he tries to figure out the Holloways' secrets, keep himself and others alive, and neutralize the trio of killers. Rector pulls some nice surprises from an otherwise routine thriller plot. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Ever meet a stranger who's just sure you're someone you're not? Or is convinced you possess knowledge you really don't? Alfred Hitchcock saw the sinister possibilities in such contretemps, and so does author Rector. Fired reporter and dumped husband Nick White is nose down in his whiskey when a knockout blonde walks into the bar and tells him, You're early. Before he can ask whom she might be, she hands him an envelope and vanishes. There's a pile of money inside, plus a photo of a young girl with a name and address on the back. Has the blonde mistaken him for a professional assassin? Is he going to keep the money and blow town? Or play hero and warn the victim? Rector works some startling changes on this delicious theme, making the predictable the unpredictable in a deceptively prosey, unadorned style. Recommend this to readers who admire the work of Cornell Woolrich, where a macho PI or great detective rarely turned up to untangle the mess and even if he did, it didn't make much difference.--Crinklaw, Don Copyright 2010 Booklist