Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: Disappointing

NIGHTLIFE is my first Thomas Perry novel. It will be my last. The story could have been great, the characters are interesting but that's it. The writing is pedestrian, predictable and often boring. You can speed read through most of the action, especially the second half of the book. After having just read Martin Cruz Smith, Elmore Leonard and Steve Yarbrough, Perry was a miss for me.