Monday, June 25, 2007

Marked Man by William Lashner

Started: 6/21/07
Finished: 6/25/07
Year: 2007 (this edition)
Pages: 499
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
Grade: B-
Reason for reading: review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "All the Philadelphia attorney knows is that he woke up in the entranceway of his apartment building with his suit in tatters, his socks missing, and a tattoo on his chest that wasn't there the day before: a heart inscribed with the name Chantal Adair.
"Who is Chantal Adair-a drunken folly or the love of Victor Carl's life? He doesn't know but he intends to find out. As soon as he takes care of his client, a thief on the run from the law, who wants to make a deal...and has a stolen Rembrandt to use as leverage.
"But the fine art and the skin art may be more closely linked than Victor realizes. And the closer he comes to making a connection, the closer he comes to being marked, not with a heart, but with a bull's-eye."
Opinion: Way too long with too many unrealistic turns and twists. For a more complete review, check out MyShelf.com next month.

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