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Derailed Book
As is increasingly typical these days, James Siegel's Derailed comes garnished with praise from such bestselling practitioners of the thriller genre as Lee Child and James Patterson. So should we be swayed by this fact? The answer, in this case, is a resounding yes, as Siegel manages to match machine-tooled plotting with a storytelling ability that takes the reader instantly by the throat. Admittedly, he starts with a sure-fire premise--the ordinary man torn from a boring, quotidian existence and plunged into a nightmare. This scenario has served many artists well (think John Buchan's The 39 Steps or Hitchcock's North by Northwest), but this is one of the most assured treatments of the theme. Charles Schine is on his way to work, conscious that his life moves along well-oiled tracks. But … read more...
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