Genre: Crime
Fiction/Satire
Description:
“A washed-up reporter, an escaped convict, a sociopathic gangster. All
are hunting mysterious vigilante The Nudge Man…
Born again, ex-gangster, Eric Hennessey offers down on his luck
reporter, Harrison Vaughan, a job. Track down the Nudge Man, a mysterious
vigilante who’s stolen most of Hennessey’s money, ill-gotten gains which now
Hennessey wants to use to do God’s work. Trouble is, Harry has no desire to
work for a sociopathic murderer, even if he is an apparently changed man.
Harry is estranged from his family since a fabricated scandal
destroyed his career. Hennessey tells Vaughan it was the Nudge Man who set him
up for the fall. Find The Nudge Man and Harry has the chance for redemption and
maybe even his family back.
However, Hennessey has another objective in mind. Unknown to Harry his
family were taken into witness protection and had to cut ties with everyone
after Harry’s son saw a murder – carried out by Eric Hennessey and he's has
been looking for them ever since. Now Hennessey may have a way in – Harry
himself.
And others are on the trail of the Nudge Man, including the British
government and an American secret service agent. Then there’s the lawyer who
offers Harry £1m to stay away from The Nudge Man. With more questions than
answers and hapless guard dog Bonzo, whose bark is definitely worse than his
bite, at his side Harry begins his search.
Can Harry find the Nudge Man and save his family? Or will Hennessey
exact his revenge?”
Author:
“Keith Nixon is a British born writer of crime and historical fiction
novels.
Originally he trained as a chemist, but Keith is now in a senior sales
role for a high-tech business.
Keith currently lives with his family in the North West of England.”
Appraisal:
At its heart this is a good mystery thriller with all the elements I’d
look for, the most important being that it is intense, keeping you on edge and
unsure what is going to happen. Just when you think you know what direction things
are going, something changes and you realize you weren’t even close. I’ve read
other books by the same author that have the same elements, British criminals
and someone trying to stop them, and they’ve all been good. But The Nudge
Man takes that basic blueprint and adds a few things including the
US government getting involved in ways you wouldn’t expect, or at least wouldn’t
have until a few years ago. These other elements add a satirical edge to the
basic story as well as expanding the things I as a reader thought were possible
explanations when trying to guess where the story was going. While I’ve enjoyed
all of Keith Nixon’s books that I’ve read, this one is my new favorite.
FYI:
A small amount of adult language.
Author uses UK spelling
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate
word count: 60-65,000 words
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