Switch by Grant McKenzie (Published July 2nd 2009)
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
I must say, crime thrillers used to be my kind of genre but somehow lost the consistency to follow such stories in recent years until a friend of mine rekindled the interest again. ^^
Brief synopsis:
The main character, Sam White, is a middle-aged security guard who has lost his golden opportunity in life to seek fame as an actor and resigned to his contented life with his wife and daughter back at his high school hometown in Portland city. He was on his way back home after work one day and found his home being exploded to the ground with this family inside. He later realized that the bodies in the house may not be of his wife and daughter and began his "adventure" to save his family from the sadistic murderer who had "switched" the fate of another guy's family for his. He was approached by Zack Parker, a cosmetic surgeon, whose family was supposedly in Sam's torched house, who offered to help him find the mastermind in return for his own revenge. Hot on their heels were 2 detectives who managed to find out the truth with scattered evidences (and real luck).
Luckily, "Switch" is quite an easy read and the author has managed to keep your interest going. Though frankly, I didn't quite understand the logic and psychological mindset of the crime mastermind, the overall story flow does make sense or it will definitely be tossed within the first 100 pages. And I must say, the ending didn't give me much surprise which is slightly disappointing. ;P This is the first book I've read by Grant McKenzie and I'm glad he had paced the plot pretty well to keep me going till the end. ;)
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