Mark Darrow is a high school football star without a future. He isn't big enough or strong enought to play for a large school. His grades are too mediocre for a good scholarship. His parents are totally dysfunctional so he is living with his best friend's family. Imagine his surprise when a professor from a local college contacts him with an offer to play football and a full scholarhip. Mark insists that his best friend recieve a scholarship, too. He goes on to make the most of the opportunity to go to college and plans to go to law school. All of his success is marred when a black college co-ed is found murdered after a wild fraternity party and Mark's best friend is accused of the murder. Sixteen years later, Mark is invited to return to the university to solve it's latest scandal - embezzlement and maybe to solve the murder.
I haven't read anything by Richard North Patterson for years. The style of this book seems a little different. It isn't as deep as some of the previous novels. Still, I found some of the introspection by the characters to be a little tedious and unrealistic. I know that these are supposed to be very intellectual people but I don't this most people go around analyzing their lives in this manner. Still, I enjoyed the book and even though I suspected the killer, I couldn't put all the pieces together until the end.
Rating - 4 stars
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