My review is going to be in sections.
The first 30% of this book, I could NOT put it down. I was so intrigued on what was happening, how the town of Garden CIty Kansas got many Somali refugees, and being introduced to the main players of the terrorism plot, how they got involved etc.
It was riveting. I loved that the author took the time to give background information on the main players and included some of the intended victims to make a more human story.
From 30% to 90% of the book completed was a big mess of meetings, guns, talk, explosives, guns, meetings, meetings, meetings.
I felt that it got very repetitious and needed to be edited.
The last 10% of the book was another almost overview of everything that had happened and the judgments against the terrorists.
Overall the book had a great subject but was bogged down in too many meetings, details that were irrelevant, and bit characters that ultimately played no role in the story.

Thanks to netgalley and to the publisher for allowing me access to this ARC in exchange for this honest review.

If you're a fan of true crime books, this will hold your attention through the very end. A riveting story of a good man turned FBI informant when he discovers a plot to kill Somali refugees in his small Kansas town.
I'd read about this town previously and how there had been such an influx of refugees to work there. And it seems a small minority of residents didn't like the changes in their population. The book meticulously follows their meetings and plans to bomb the apartment buildings where the refugees reside. There is plenty of detail in the telling of this story but it doesn't bog down at all and you'll find yourself eagerly turning pages to see how it resolves.