Some reviewers faulted The Fall Guy as slow moving. I liked how the psychological tension built as the story developed layers of complications; the book was compelling from start to finish. Having read The Horned Man last summer, my only critique is that this protagonist/plot resembles that one: narrated by an outsider who initially gains reader sympathy, then gradually reveals an inability to deal with failure, and makes increasingly troubling decisions to maintain his own illusions. I like how both books embed the reader in the character's mind, and we do not detect how awry things will go. Additionally, the writing is tight and focused.