Because that is what will happen to you as soon as you have read the first pages of this thriller. The author keeps us in suspense until the end and plot twists abound. We are in action right away and do not get bored for a second. The author's style is fairly straightforward, the dialogues of his characters are sometimes raw but I was not gene. Some are even downright hilarious repartee. Apart Michael Connelly and some Mankell's novels, I was not very attracted to thrillers but this is definitely worth the detour.