Lifeguard - James Patterson

I always worry when I see a book which James Patterson has co-authored. He seems to lose his natural story-telling flair and get bogged down in too many concessions to the other person's style. The Lifeguard is unlikely to change my opinion. The Lifeguard's problems are many and varied. They start with a plot which is too far-fetched and completely unbelievable. It's packed with unlikely co-incidences and ridiculous scenarios which simply wouldn't happen in real life. Whilst this wouldn't necessarily be a problem (after all, many novels are escapist and feature "impossible" things), The Lifeguard makes everything so silly that it's just impossible to ...