I generally enjoy Woods’ non-political stories, e.g. the Stone Barrington novels, better than the political books. But while The Run falls into the political category, it’s a typical Woods thriller: tightly paced, with believable bad guys plotting all-too-believable crimes (in this case, an assassination attempt on the leading presidential candidate).
Woods never writes a word that doesn’t advance the action in some way, so if you like that terse style, you’ll like The Run.
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