This book started out very promising, setting the scene for what I thought would be a book full of twists and turns which would keep me waiting on tenterhooks. Sadly, the book slowed down in pace after the first 20 or so pages, and it wasn't until about 60% in that the (rather predictable) plot began to thicken. The major twist in the story wasn't such a twist, and I found myself finishing the book simply because I had paid for it rather than because I was desperate to get to the conclusion, bearing in mind I had already sussed out what was going to happen. Usually I am very slow to catch on to the plot or predict what the twist might be, but this one couldn't have been more obvious. Having thoroughly enjoyed Paris' 'Behind Closed Doors', regrettably I was very disappointed by 'The Breakdown'.