Ron Corbett

Cape Rage is Ron Corbett's just released, second book that features Danny Barrett.

Barrett is an undercover FBI agent that's been called on to infiltrate a crime family. They make their home on a treacherous island with only one way off...

Danny is a great lead character. I expected he would prove to be canny and whip smart - and he was. As readers we are privy to his inner dialogue. I can't even imagine the inner tension of pretending to being someone else. Especially when the head of the crime family is trigger happy. The chapters where I thought he was going to be outed as a cop had me sitting on the edge of my chair. The crime family is a ruthless bunch. I'll let you meet them for yourself. There's another man on his way back to Cape Rage - along with a girl with no name.

Now, there's danger and lot of suspense in this tale. But...there are also some great descriptions of the land and the setting. The relationship between the man and the girl was unusual and I read over their bits more than once.

The plot is inventive and ended with some unexpected twists that I didn't see coming. I have to admit to feeling a bit of rage myself with one of those twists. But it fits.

This is my first read of Corbett's - and it won't be the last.… (más)

violence, unputdownable, crime-fiction, thriller, suspense, family-dynamics, family-drama, family-history, revenge, island-life, robbery, testosterone-fest, undercover, FBI, relationships, relatives*****

FBI undercover agent Danny Barrett gets himself embedded with a criminal family on an island after getting shot in the back and left for dead. The Job is to solve a bank safe deposit box robbery probably done by this family. The story is presented from both perspectives and rushes along completely holding my interest. Watch out for the twists!
I requested and received an EARC from Berkley Publishing Group via NetGalley. Thank you!… (más)

Wenn nach rund 50 Seiten dieses Krimi-Debüts des kanadischen Journalisten Ron Corbett der ermittelnde Detective Yakabuski eine Handvoll Gäste und Angestellte in einem einsamen, nord-kanadischen Angler-Lodge aufgrund des Mordes an einer Familie in einer unweit gelegenen Wald-Hütte zum Verhör einvernimmt, denkt man als Leser zunächst : ok, ein whodunit.
Doch schon nach wenigen Seiten weitet sich dieser Noir zu einem großen Panorama des Schauplatzes und seiner Bewohner: vom Land-Diebstahl zu Frontier-Zeiten & der darauf folgenden Hochphase industrieller Holz- & Papierverarbeitung bis zur deindustrialisierten Ödnis heutiger Zeiten; vom vordergründig gelingenden Zusammenleben zwischen Ureinwohnern und den Nachkommen der Landnehmer in den qualmenden Fabriken bis zu den Verteilungskämpfen in Krisenzeiten längs ethnischer Gräben & ihrer Gangs.
Daß auch die mexikanische Mafia und ein beschädigter Bosnien- & Afghanistan-Veteran eine stimmige Rolle spielen, ist keine Kleinigkeit, dienen solche 'Exotismen' in weniger gelungenen Hervorbringungen des Genres doch oft nur zur Farbgebung einer blassen Handlung.
"Preisgegeben" ist eine echte Entdeckung: ein raffiniert konstruierter Spannungs-Roman, der auf Effekte verzichtet & dessen Personal glaubwürdig die Themen der Zeit verkörpert.… (más)