Joe Treasure

I was turned off almost immediately by this novel. There's only so much sympathy one can give to a character who is a successful writer with a beautiful wife going through some kind of mid-life crisis and foolling round with odd American hippie women. Joe Treasure's first novel suffers from more that a little navel gazing (see what I did there?), and I fully expected it to be a real struggle. But, in fact it grows on you, and even has some interesting things to say on those strange bedfellows Fidelity and Terrorism. Add in the thriller/whodunnit element of the plot, mixed with a little humility on the protagonist's part, and it makes for a very satisfying read.… (meer)