I have a love hate relationship with military thrillers and legal thrillers especially the former. They tend to go into too much detail on the hardware and be light on the tactics or tradecraft. Webb and Mann have balanced this thriller to perfection. Just the right combo of action, characters who have more than two dimensions, a locked ship murder mystery and just the right amount of uncertainty to keep you turning the pages. Not since Terry Hayes' I Am Pilgrim have I been so gripped by a what some will dismiss as a 'guy' book.
Here's the review:
The giant maritime city that is the USS Abraham Lincoln just gained a passenger. Finn, a Navy Seal being shipped home - in disgrace. The Lincoln is at the end of her tour in the Gulf; overdue for a serious stem to stern overhaul, crew morale is in the basement and now a serial killer is stalking the crew.
Finn cannot rule himself out as the serial; he’s been suffering serious memory lapses since before he came aboard. Cut off from his unit, the only way for Finn to clear himself is to use his ‘talents’ to unmask the real killer.
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