Did I miss the memo about middle-age starting in one's mid-thirties? Most educated/career-minded women are just starting to think about pregnancy so I have a hard time with the whole "washed up at 35" thing Ferencik had going on. The characters acted more like they were in their mid-fifties, but that's really my only complaint aside from a rather pat ending. The action scenes were intense and the suspense was excellent--I was convinced something horrible was going to happen every single chapter.