Reviewed by: Pete Barber
Genre: Mystery
Approximate word count: 85-90,000 words
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Author:
Christopher has written
the best-selling Jack Stratton mystery series with over 100,000 eBooks and
paperbacks in distribution. The collection includes "Girl Jacked",
"Jack Knifed", and "Jacks Are Wild". His latest novel
"Jack the Giant Slayer" is due out summer of 2014. His background is
an eclectic mix of degrees in Theatre, Communications and Computer Science. For
more check out his website.
Description:
Jack
Stratton, an Iraqi war veteran working as a police officer, is called on to
track down his missing foster sister. The task proves far more complicated than
it first seems.
Appraisal:
I didn’t realize this was such a
popular title when I picked it (I usually try to give reviews to books that
need them more). However, once I started reading I didn’t want to put the book
down. The plot speeds along at a cracking pace, and Mr. Greyson manages to add
layer upon layer of backstory to his two main characters—Jack Stratton, and Alice--the
eighteen-year-old sister of his foster brother, best friend, and Iraqi comrade
in arms. The author pulls off a clever sleight of hand here, because these two
characters start off pretty two-dimensional, and end up multi-faceted.
The plot twists and turns, covering
a lot of ground and comes to a satisfactory ending which sets up the future
books in the series. There is no doubt that these two characters have a lot of
books in them.
Format/Typo Issues:
Too few to
mention.
Rating: ***** Five stars
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