Laren's Reviews > Third Degree

Our main character learns she is pregnant on the same day her husband is stressed about a big audit at work. Unfortunately, she doesn't know if he's the father since she's been having an affair. Her husband has some secrets too, and all these secrets lead to a tense hostage situation in their home.

Greg Iles paints such a detailed picture of the many flawed characters that you may find yourself torn about which ones you should be actually rooting for as I did. The one complaint I would have about it is the book suffered from a severe case of product placement (Imitrex! Razr! Sony Vaio! EPT!) which not only was terribly distracting, but also likely dated the book for future readers. Other than that, the pace and tension of the book made it a really good read for me.