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The Two Minute Rule |  | Author: Robert Crais
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  147 reviews
Sales Rank: 3367
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 464
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B000FCKS0K
Publication Date: February 21, 2006
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Product Description
Two minutes can be a lifetime. Ask anyone on the wrong side of the law about the two-minute rule and they'll tell you that's as long as you can hope for at a robbery before the cops show up. Break the two-minute rule and it's a lifetime in jail. But not everyone plays by the rules. . . When ex-con Max Holman finally gets out of jail, freedom doesn't taste too sweet. The only thing on his mind is reconciliation with his estranged son, who is, ironically, a cop. But then he hears the devastating news: His son and three other uniformed cops were gunned down in cold blood in Los Angeles the night before Holman's release. When the hit is exposed as a revenge killing and the question of police corruption is raised, it becomes a father's last duty to clear his son's name and catch the killer. With all the elements that have made Robert Crais one of the very best crime writers today, The Two Minute Rule is gripping, edgy suspense from the author who sets the standard when it comes to surprising plot twists and powerful characters.
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 Reading fun. July 19, 2010
Baron Gruda (Sacramento)
I have read all the Crais books,and have never been disappointed. Elvis and Joe and nowhere to go except my LazyBoy to read.
The Two Minute Rule June 25, 2010
T. McGregor (Canberra, Australia)
Another great read. I usually only read the Elvis Cole books but this one was just as good.
 A crime novel with shades of 'an afterschool special' May 15, 2010
J. Norburn (Quesnel, BC, Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Plot: Max Holman, a nice-guy bank-robber is released from the Big House only to find out, on the day of his release, that his estranged police officer son has been gunned down along with three other cops. It quickly becomes apparent to our hero that there's a cover up and that the murders are somehow connected to a string of recent bank robberies. Max hooks up with a former FBI agent, the woman who busted him, and the two of them set out to uncover the truth.
Fans of Crais will notice a notable lack of humor in this novel. There is none of the witty banter that a reader might expect to find in an Elvis Cole novel for example. The novel has an over-riding theme of redemption and is filled with overwrought emotion. A lot of people respond favorably to this sort of thing, but personally I prefer cynical novels over sentimental ones. (Some people might consider this a character flaw on my part but that's just the way I am. Nothing can make me avoid a movie or a novel more than for someone to say it was `inspirational and heart warming.' Ugh.) In particular, I found the story about how Max became known as the Hero Bandit way too hokey for my tastes.
My other issue with the novel is that a lot of the characters behave in ways that struck me as improbable or illogical. The entire romance between Max and the former FBI agent feels forced and unlikely. (Crais could pick up some tips on generating heat between a cop and a crook from Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard) I didn't really believe these characters or most of the choices they made. Would a couple of amped-up camouflage-wearing cowboy bank-robbers really have the discipline to horde the millions they stole and would they really devise such a convoluted plan to squirrel it away? (I doubt it). Would a drug-abusing, car-stealing, bank-robbing low-life criminal really know how to do CPR? (OK, maybe he took a course at the local community centre, but I doubt it). And that final sequence in the bank is just contrived silliness. The bad guy's plan is not well thought out (OK, I know he's making bad decisions under pressure but really, he can't be that stupid) and Max's choices are equally ridiculous (he has so many better options than what he does - but nobody said he was the sharpest knife in the drawer).
That said it wasn't a terrible novel. It was just an unremarkable, very average crime novel (with a little too much of an 'afterschool special' vibe to it). I wasn't shocked by the revelation of who the bad guy was but must admit that I didn't guess correctly (although I was very close). I give it 2 ¾ stars but if you like 'inspirational stories of redemption' and are willing to overlook contrived and unlikely behavior from the characters in a novel you'll probably enjoy it more than I did.
 see other low rated reviews December 6, 2009
hobbyist
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
this is a major disappointment from crais. i can critisize it on many levels, but i won't bother...read other reviews. i hope you read other crais works because he has talent; but it's not evident in this.
What a Book!!!!! October 8, 2009
Robert McRobert (Florida)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This story is superb and it is memorable. One of the best Detective titles I`ve red. Oh, man, man, MAN.... what a book! I have just now read the final words. The dialogue is tight, gritty, realistic, and essentially as good as it gets for a book full of characters living on the marginal fringe of polite society.
For the lovers of these titles, I highly recomend these ones:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Secret Adversary: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery!
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