The two girls were roommates, and Jack is a personal friend of the family-bringing his own unique perspective to the case. He recently lost his own daughter Emma to a tragic car accident. In addition to a multitude of federal secret service men and women, Jack McClure-a top agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)-is brought in to assist with the investigation. But, they become even higher when the president-elect's daughter, Alli, is kidnapped in the middle of the night from her private, well-secured, all girl's college. In fact, I think that Lustbader's treatment and handling of religion and it's relation to politics, though at times awkward, is one of the many highlight of this novel.It's election year, and the stakes are high. However, it also deals heavily with religion, which is. I was contacted to review his latest work, First Daughter, and though I had never read any of his material before, gladly accepted.I was somewhat wary of the book since it's a genre I've not read much of (mystery thriller) and because it deals with modern American politics, which is not a huge interest of mine. I would strongly suggest avoiding this novel.Carl Alves – author of The Invocation Read moreĮric Van Lustbader is probably best known for his Ninja series as well as for taking over the Jason Bourne books after Robert Ludlum passed away. I can’t say there was much that I liked here. There was just nothing plausible, and some of the events were down right laughable. Almost everything that happened made me shake my head. But of all the things that were poorly done, the novel’s biggest shortcoming was the lack of believability. The whole part about the President trying to wipe out the American secularist movement was just weak. The novel had overly long flashbacks that took away from the flow of the novel.
Needless to say, characterization was not a strong suit here.Neither was pace. They share traits such as not resembling actual human beings, not having believable motivations, and being inconsistent in their actions. For one thing, there are many poorly drawn characters, most notably the President, Hugh Garner, the Secretary of State, the First Daughter, and the story’s villain.
There are so many things wrong with it that’s it’s hard to know where to begin. This novel can be aptly described as a train wreck.
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