A decent summer read that hopefully doesn't take itself too seriously - but I'm afraid it does.

For me, it just doesn't work at all.

There are a dozen main characters (must be "the Club"), miraculously twisted together plot lines, hidden agendas and a morass of events and improbabilities that still leave me shaking my head.

There is an entire series of these books with these characters. Maybe it gets better and grows on you.