A review by felinity
The Final Cut by J.T. Ellison, Catherine Coulter
2.0
It's always disappointing when a favorite author flunks (see [b:The Heist|16169737|The Heist (O'Hare and Fox #1)|Janet Evanovich|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1371429330s/16169737.jpg|22016392], and this is another one. The plot is just *slightly* familiar, so stop me if you've heard it before: a famous jewel thief known as The Fox trained by a criminal mastermind, a cursed jewel, and a former spy turned policeman. Yeah.
But it could have been redeemed by the characters, if only they also weren't overly familiar. Even Savich and Sherlock, the reason most of us are reading this, are cookie-cutter characters. They appear, do their thing (Sherlock reads crime scenes, Savich is a computer genius) and vanish off-stage again. There's none of the interaction between them we've come to love, none of the uniqueness and very little originality. Even Nick, the apparent star of the show, didn't seem to be anything other than a copy of James Bond. (And yes, thanks for the *repeated* references to 007, in case I missed it the first dozen times.)
But it could have been redeemed by the characters, if only they also weren't overly familiar. Even Savich and Sherlock, the reason most of us are reading this, are cookie-cutter characters. They appear, do their thing (Sherlock reads crime scenes, Savich is a computer genius) and vanish off-stage again. There's none of the interaction between them we've come to love, none of the uniqueness and very little originality. Even Nick, the apparent star of the show, didn't seem to be anything other than a copy of James Bond. (And yes, thanks for the *repeated* references to 007, in case I missed it the first dozen times.)