this months book review - the accident man by tom cain

This is an interesting idea - taking the death of Princess Diana and hypothesising that the ‘hit’, was organised by a combination of the ‘men in grey’ in Whitehall and the Russians , all of whom with interests in the land- mine industry .
The actual hit man is our hero with a heart (?) who, of course, was unaware of the true identity of the target.
This book has everything - a conspiracy theory, tension , excitement, a love interest, quite a relentless pace, but, a nasty surprise waiting for thriller lovers everywhere.
It waited right until the end to let the hero of the hour crumble under torture and descend into the drooling inmate of a nursing home!
Obviously I am well aware that its not the done thing to reveal the ending of any book, especially in a review, but when the finale is the only critisism that one can find then , what the hell, I just had to tell it like it is.
So Tom Cain, please take note - a hero is supposed to be just that - a hero - someone who can stand up to the baddies , someone who will succeed when all others have failed. Hero’s don’t end up with loss of memory wrapped in a blanket!!!
No, it doesn’t mean that they are human, it means that they are weak and not worthy of the title of ‘hero’ in the first place.
Where would Jack Reacher be if he failed in all his missions and ended up in an institution? Lee Child would be out of a job! Actually, come to think of it,to the avid fan of Childs work, there are definate similarities in the writing of Mr Cain, right?(!)
Still highly recommended though. Apparently this is Tom Cain’s first thriller , and I will be looking out for the next one - maybe i will skip to the last page to see how it ends before it buy it though.
I give it a star rating of *** out of 5.

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