Tom Fowler (2)

I'm disappointed in book #2 as it did not keep my interest, as did book #1. Here, John Tyler and two other accomplices take on the cartel to rid them from Maryland. It all began when a young lady left her car at Smitty's garage for maintenance. John became smitten with her. When he finds out that she is killed by her boyfriend, he seeks revenge. There are typos and missing words, and added words in the story caused me to pause. There was also some duplication from the author's first book. Too much happened that was not plausible - mainly when the main character acts like a fifty-year-old Superman who survives overwhelming odds. I will still consider book #3, hoping this is a freak and the rest of the series isn't the same.… (más)

This may have been a Nook free Friday choice, first in a series as so many of them are. Rather tepid mystery: novice PI blundering around among dangerous people, with his cop cousin for some reason following his lead. It's blessedly short--about 200 pages--and would have been about half that length if it hadn't described every meal the guy and his friends ate during the week or so of the action. Oh, and descriptions of what everyone was wearing and how much cleavage was shown by the gorgeous women who were unaccountably throwing themselves at him. I have downloaded and will read the free prequel novella that tells the story of what happened in Hong Kong. That sounds a lot more interesting.… (más)

Prequel to a series that looks like a winner. Recommended.

FROM AMAZON: C.T. Ferguson just wants to survive prison.

He's a hacker who lived in China and worked against the government with his friends. Things were going well until the police kicked in the door and hauled everyone off to jail.

Now, C.T. wonders if he'll be able to find a way out. Yet he refuses to rat out his friends and possibly earn a reprieve.

Despite being surrounded by indifferent prisoners and hostile guards, C.T. is determined to see the outside world again. He has someone he needs to help . . .

And he can't allow his parents to bury a second child.

Hong Kong Dangerous is the prequel novella to the popular C.T. Ferguson mystery series. It's the story of his arrest and incarceration in China, and how these events shaped the private investigator he would become. If you like wise-cracking sleuths, action-packed stories, and modern cyber intrigue, check out this series.… (más)