I really need to find or develop a synonymous phrase for that, because I use it too often in this post. Perhaps it's because this is a later book in the series, perhaps it's the shift in authors, maybe it's just the way things worked out here in NYPD Red 7—I'm not sure I care—but that problem is gone. Moving on… And the surprise that I alluded to in paragraph seven above is this… I actually enjoyed this book more than I thought I would.

Book Reporter liked this book, saying, "Patterson and Karp have a winning formula here that does not read like formula writing at all and hopefully will continue for some time to come. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. After coauthoring six previous NYPD Red novels with cocreator James Patterson, bestseller Karp (the Lomax and Biggs mysteries) solos in the rousing seventh entry. I enjoy seeing detectives work in this world as much as I do seeing them in more "everyday" settings belonging to the middle and lower class.So it seems that there is militarily trained squad of killers for hire (known as Kappa Omega Delta/KOD — Killers on Demand) operating in NYC. Since it is not the case featured in the title, we readers don’t get as much information about that case, but it is an interesting secondary story nonetheless. The Literary Guild did not review this book, but made a positive comment, saying it was "suspenseful, thrilling, and a classic Patterson page-turner. I think this shooting, the investigation, and the resolution was actually the strongest storyline in the novel and Karp developed it well.

In the 7th installment of NYPD Red, a series about a duo of cops, Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan, who are assigned the high profile celebrity cases of New York City, Marshall Karp is now the sole author, having taken over after co-authoring the previous six books with James Patterson.Karp does a masterful job steering this novel on his own, keeping series fans excited for what is to come. If his own writing is as exciting as these collaborative efforts, I am in for a treat when I tackle one of Karp’s own series later this year. Even the expensive restaurants get booked exclusively for the private parties of wealthy producers, prominent directors, dashing actors, sexy actresses, etc.