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Review of "The Two Minute Rule" by Robert Crais

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The Two Minute Rule
by Robert Crais

Simon & Schuster
Book
$24.95 Suggested Retail Price

The theory here is that if you are a crook you know all about the two-minute rule. Not having be a con myself I learned that this rule means that you must never take more than two minutes to perform a robbery or the cops w2ill arrived.

This is about Max Holman, who is just getting out of jail after serving ten years for forgetting the rule. Now he finds out that his son, who is a cop, has been murdered along with three other cops. Although they were completely estranged, Holman feels that he must clear his son's name because the quartet of dead cops are accusing them of corruption and calling this one a recwenge killing.

So Holman needs to find a job and to learn as much as he can about his son’s death. He finds that his neglected ex-wife is also dean, and that he has a daughter-in-law. As he pursues the truth of his son's murder, he teams up with a former female ex-FBI officer. Together they try to find the truth, and the author takes you on an exciting adventure.

Although Crais (Homicide and The Last Detective) is usually a whiz of a read, this time the plot is darker and denser. I got lost along the way and would have to refresh myself about where I was in the book. That's not to say that this book isn't worth a read... Crais is always worth a look.


Rainbo Electronic Reviews published this review in our May, 2006 issue.



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