A lot of thought and detail has gone into this novel.Throughout the book details large and small add real credibility to the story. Most of us would never consider robbing a bar and if we did we would never think of the clever tricks Stephen Hunter comes up with.The characters are well developed and interesting. We are taken inside a brutal prison and into the mind of what hollywood would paint as simply a bad man or psychopath and actually see parts of his character to respect!The only thing that prevents the book from being perfect is a couple of loose links. They almost feel like coincidences that go against the grain for the rest of the books down to earth, give no quarter style. The tracking down of Lamars car and hide out stick out in my memory.Even with this critisisum I still found the book hard to down and rate it very highly.