Review by Brian (Biggles) Lowen on shfow 7th July
Not a very inspiring title for this book which is the first in what appears to be a new series featuring Joe Hunter – a Jack Reacher type (Lee Childs) with a conscience.
Joe is not such a loner as Jack Reacher, having two buddies who work for a private investigative firm in Florida. As in the Jack Reacher novels we have Joe’s fictional life history laid out in a few pages at the end of the book, not at the beginning as in the Jack Reacher novels.
Anyway, the book roars into action from the first page and doesn’t let up until the last.
If you like that sort of book it is full of rip-roaring action the whole way through.
The storyline: Joe Hunter is always ready to help a lady in distress, particularly when Kate, the lady in question, is the sister of a dead Special Forces mate.
Robert Huffman pretends to be a respectable businessman, but the psychopathic twins he uses as his enforcers give the lie to that. Huffman is a player in the murky world of organised crime and needs Kate as bait for one of his schemes. He hopes she will lure her sister Imogen into his clutches as she is in possession of incriminating evidence involving his underhand schemes.
So Joe sets off looking for this mysterious sister, but is way outnumbered by the bad guys. Luckily he has his two buddies to help him and they are just itching for a fight.
This is not a book in which you are going to get bogged down with detailed explanations as to the why and wherefore of the actions carried out, although Joe’s conscience does appear to trouble him a bit as to all the killings, but not for long!
A good read, full of action, thoroughly recommended.
review by Biggles
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