Good People: A Thriller Novel - Suspenseful Psychological Crime Fiction for Book Clubs & Nighttime Reading

I'm a big fan of Marcus Sakey ever since I read "Brilliance" and "The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes", his best works. I've since been working my way backwards through his novels. For comparison, this book is a little better than "Accelerant" (since it has a strong central concept) but is still weaker than "Brilliance" or "Two Deaths".As with all of his work, Sakey has a real talent for tight pacing, quick and relatable character descriptions, and realistic, counter-intuitive fiction. Here, however, probably due to Sakey still coming into his own, these elements tend to be somewhat unrefined. For example, there were more than a few scenes in which some description seemed to be lacking, and I didn't quite understand right away what was happening. This seemed to be due less to bad writing / editing and more to do with Sakey just getting caught up in the action of the scene. Further, other than for the two protagonists, most characters are not QUITE as fleshed out as Sakey tends to make his characters in newer novels. This makes the motivations of one of the bad guys entirely undefined, while it makes the others barely more than two-dimensional in some ways.Still, this is an excellent book. Unlike "Accelerant", this book is framed around an almost modern-day Aesop fable: what would happen if two real people with real monetary debts came upon a large bag full of cash? That makes this book more than just a crime thriller, as is the case with "Accelerant", and more on par with the nail-biting anxiety of "The Amateurs". It's a relatively quick read, with excellent pacing, twists and turns, and life-threatening situations. The book also offers up some valuable life-lessons, something else I rather enjoy from Sakey's writings.