A thriller more than a mystery, but sort of boring and predictable. It moves so slow I wanted to skip pieces here and there.
The story: Paul has been ten years in prison but once out on parole he found a job, fell in love, married Karen, they had a baby: Kay, now two years old, and Karen is pregnant again. He's happy, but when old jail inmate Syd knocks at his door everything, the life he made for himself, is in danger. Paul thinks of Syd as a dear friend, but when Syd starts criticizing Karen, Paul gets angry and Syd points a gun at him. From now on Paul is trapped. He wants to protect his family and his new life. Syd wants to rob a jewellery store. He escaped from prison killing a guard. Luckily for Paul, the judge assigned to him and the sheriff give him time to find a way out. The judge strongly believes in him.
Paul lets Syd and his two men believe he's in, part of the gang, but he's not. As soon as they leave home, Paul manages to call the judge to inform him, then he helps them arresting Syd and has to shoot one of his men: Smitty. The other one is at home with Karen and Syd offers to help, but Paul realizes soon enough that he did it hoping he'd help him escape. Paul manages to knock Rider out, but can't let Syd escape. Syd takes Kay hostage, so Paul shoots him in the legs. Syd doesn't want to die in the electric chair, so to repay those years in jail's friendship, Paul kills him quickly. Now he's free again, with his family safe. With good actors it could be a nice movie, I'm not saying otherwise (although many of this kind have already been made) but it's too predictable and too slow. The debate between the sheriff and the judge on how much they can trust Paul goes on forever, and Paul's character I don't like. He's not a bad man, but I don't like how he's written. It's a book I found hard to finish and I have no intention of reading it again, ever. None at all.
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