Continued disappointment in my random cop mystery/thriller reads. Although when it's bad from page one, I don't know if it can be considered disappointment anymore. My expectations continue to drop lower and lower. It's a cliche, boring cop thriller that doesn't even have a whodunit mystery to propel it toward the end because it tells you from page one who the kidnapper is. That can be a very interesting story telling device, but it doesn't work when the story around it just isn't up to par. The writing was awful and stilted. The characters were at best unlikable. It continuously reinforced gender roles. And mostly it was just boring.

Cops investigating lead after lead to figure out who kidnapped the baby isn't suspenseful when you the reader literally know who did it and why.