A review by celiaedf12
Kill Chain by Meg Gardiner

2.0

This certainly charges along at a good pace, and a lack of knowledge of the Evan, the main character (who's starred in four previous novels of Gardiner's) isn't a big deal. It's the premise of the book and the actual plot I had a problem with - completely overcomplicated and ridiculous. As an example, it involves a madam who stunts the growth of several of her prostitutes so that they always look small and young to attract customers. But they're also described as wizened and with rotting teeth, so I'm not really sure how their small stature is going to overcome those issues with customers. It's things like that - ideas that the author seems to have thought, "Wow, that's so cool/creepy" and thrown into the story without thinking about practicalities. There's also a lengthy chase across several countries tracking down USB flashdrives for a program with a timer counting down on our heroine's laptop - she plays the sensitive videos on these flashdrives in places like aeroplanes. Man, I know I'd like to be sitting next to someone who's playing a video of someone being murdered. Yeah - it just didn't hit the mark.