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Skip This Failed Attempt to Copy An International Thriller
This book isn't badly written but it sure is bad. The hero is supposed to be an ex special forces badass who is a deputy sheriff in a hick town in Colorado that is clearly beneath him. He goes to Italy to investigate his brother's death which he is convinced is murder not suicide. He doesn't use a single skill from his SEAL days or whatever he was. He mostly reacts and pretty much acts like a complete and total amateur. He probably should have gotten killed a half dozen times but for his dumb luck. There's nothing interesting about him, the plot, the dialog, etc. To say it's implausible is generous but irrelevant. What doesn't work is that it's obvious David Wolf is supposed to be a Mitch Rapp, Scott Harvarth, etc. type -- it's just he has none of their skills or personality.
