Book Review: The Two Minute Rule by Robert Crais

This is not in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series but is a standalone thriller and is a very readable and enjoyable book. The criminal Max Holman is released from prison after a ten year stretch for bank robbery and is slowly readjusting to being back in society. Just before he is released however his son is gunned down. The pair have been estranged for a very long time and the son's mother has died. Max tries to put things right with his dead girlfriend and his son.

We learn of Max's pain at losing his son after so nearly getting to meet him as a son. He tries to track down his son's killers with the help of a fallen FBI Agent. She was the Agent who arrested Max all those years ago. They form an unlikely relationship but in the hands of Crais it is very believable.

As the novel unfolds we learn about corrupt cops and was Richie, the son, one of them or not? We also learn about the strange and almost comic details of Max's arrest as well.

A great novel for me and 9/10