While I have found Mr. Patterson's books to be extremely well written in the past, the 2nd Chance and Beach House have been poor by comparison.The plot here was so outrageous as to be not within the ranges of belief. Details were poorly connected. Substance was thin - sometimes transparent - sometimes just not connected.Whether his use of co-authors is the reason, as was also true with Beach House, (a different co-author),which also fell short, causes speculation about who is doing the writing.Very disappointing. Have probably bought my last Patterson book.