I learned much about the Middle East from this book. An interesting discussion about how different cultures perceive things. Characters are forced to accept and deal with differences

There have been so many good mystery thrillers lately. The last I’ve read was The Human Scale by Lawrence Wright. It was a great book.

What a book! The author, Lawrence Wright, being an experienced journalist was able to craft a story I was unable to put down. His experience in the Middle East with the horror building up of October 7, 2023 in Gaza delivered a riveting thriller. I am still processing what I read. The story unfolding does a fantastic job of telling both sides point of view. I don’t want to give anything away but read this book. This fictional storyline was accurately written based on true event which the author educated the reader along the way. Lawrence Wright is an excellent story teller! I would love to revisit this character in five years.

Here's your book about the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Lawrence Wright is a skilled writer of historical thrillers and "The Human Scale" is a whopper. Probably not the book to be reading during a tense US election season, but I could not put it down. It centers around a forced relationship between an American-Palestinian FBI agent and an Israeli cop who strive to solve the murder of an Israeli police chief who met with the American shortly before his death. The tragedy of this conflict permeates every page of the novel, the hopelessness of Israelis and Palestinians, how trapped they feel, and how much they hate the other side. The deeply human characters reminded me of Graham Greene. Not to be missed.

Many, many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review.