I don't read a ton of thrillers or even mystery novels, but it's the jewels like these that keep me occasionally returning to the genre. It's maybe the furthest thing you can get from literary fiction, but it's entertaining and the characters are likable enough; there's family drama and decades of history catching up with the present, lots of rapidly changing alliances, and above all there's lots of action.

So it's not really my usual fare, but it's a great change of pace. (Shoutout to OverDrive for reminding me it was almost due back to the library; I'm glad I didn't miss out on this one.)