This is the last book I have finished and it's probably best I give you some background on why I actually read this book. When I was younger and first getting in to more adult novels my mum recommended I read 'Kane and Abel' also by Jeffrey Archer and I just adored the book, so obviously that lead me on to reading 'The Prodigal Daughter' which I also adored and the follow on from that was 'Shall We Tell The President'. For years and years I could not find this book anywhere and eventually I found it on Bookmooch and I was absolutely delighted.
So the story starts as Florentyna Kane has just become president and now she is up for re-election. It is a given that she is re-elected and she announces her two main bills for her time in the White House - one on gun control and another on free medical care for everyone. Flash forward to years to the time when her bill on gun control is being debated and a waiter overhears a plot to assassinate the president. This is where the FBI gets involved and things get nasty when everyone but one person who knows of the plot dies. It's upto FBI agent Matt to uncover all he can in a week to foil this attempt whilst keeping under the radar.
So I went into reading this book already expecting to love it and I was a tad disappointed. This book lacked the hook of the previous two books and I put this down to the lack of face time with Florentyna. Throughout 'The Prodigal Daughter' she was such a compelling character and there was a certain part of me that needed her to still be there more than she was. As you can imagine there is a love understory in this novel which I also find to be a bit far fetched. However the police procedural part of this book is excellent. I share every discovery that Matt makes and I found myself figuring things out with him at the exact same time. Overall I think this is a excellent book as a standalone novel but if you read this as part of the trilogy I imagine you will be disappointed but that may just be because I read the book so long ago they've gotten better with time.
Overall marks out of 10: 7
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