Lifeguard
by James Patterson and Andrew Gross
Ned Kelley is a Brockton, Massachusetts guy who now spends his summers in Palm Beach,
Florida, as a lifeguard, pool boy, bartender and gofer. His family life growing up was
rough, with his father spending most of his youth away in jail and his older brother dying
in a liquor store robbery. Until now, Ned has always managed to stay out of trouble, even
managing to get a college degree. He taught school for a while, but an unfortunate incident
made him give up.
Ned meets the woman of his dreams, a well-to-do socialite and seems to be falling in
love. To get ahead, he agrees with some lifelong friends to help pull the ultimate art
heist. They have an easy in and with one night's work they can have a million each and
Ned can live the life he dreams of. But something goes terribly wrong and Ned is accused
of not only the robbery, but several murders.
Ned goes on the run with a feisty FBI agent hot on his trail. After taking her hostage,
Ned convinces the agent, Ellie, that he is innocent and needs her help. The story then
begins its high octane run with this reader holding on in every high speed curve.
With James Patterson's usual short chapters and wild twists and turns, this book was
a definite one-nighter. I read it in one night, unable to put it down. This is one of
several times that James Patterson has paired with writer Andrew Gross. The two writers
work extremely well together and I could not tell where one ended and the other began.
I remain a devoted James Patterson fan. |
The Reviewer |
Susan Johnson |
Reviewed 2005 |
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