Genre: Mystery
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.
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.
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.
FYI:
Added for
Reprise Review: Girl
Jacked by Christopher Greyson was a nominee in the Mystery category for
B&P 2015 Readers' Choice Awards. Original review ran July 7, 2014
Format/Typo
Issues:
Too few to mention.
Rating:
***** Five Stars
Reviewed
by: Pete Barber
Approximate
word count: 85-90,000 words
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