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Review: The Deep Zone By James M. Tabor  by Floyd Newman The
Deep Zone by James M. Tabor The Deep Zone Courtesy of James M.
Tabor  What makes a good thriller? Story and pacing are
important of course, and that’s enough for some people — witness
the success of Clive Cussler novels. But for a discerning
reader, even a great story can be sabotaged by wooden characters
or unrealistic dialogue. The best thrillers are written by
people with enough writing skill to convince the reader to
suspend disbelief and “live” in the story. This is the kind of
skill that James M. Tabor employs in his novel The Deep Zone.
You need look no further than his opening paragraph:  Some
nights, when the winds of spring rise up out of Virginia, they
peel fog from the Potomac and drape it over the branches of dead
trees trapped in the river’s black mud banks. Streamers pull
free and flow into the mews of Foggy Bottom and the cobblestoned
alleys of Old Georgetown, float over th