James Patterson has shown us that he can write outside of the Alex Cross genre. His simple format remains the same in this novel, and keeps the pages turning. Short chapters are what keeps the reader from being unable to put the book down when it is time to turn the page. His use of imagery for the location of the story was very rich, and the character development of Max was done well. Patterson opened the character of Max slowly, and wasn't finished until the last page. I must also applaud him, once again, for being able to portray a character in the first person narrative. Even though he is not a widowed female vetrenarian.