Paul Heatley

Ghost Team by Paul Heatley is an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Tom Rollins is the protagonist of the story which opens in Afghanistan where Tom and two other soldiers are ambushed. One is severely injured by an RPG and the three manage to survive. Years later, Tom finds that one of the three has committed suicide and travels to the town in Colorado to pay his respects. However, there are some folks there who think that Adam was murdered instead. Tom vows to find out the truth.

During his investigation, he is confronted by a list of bad guys, ranging from a local militia to hardened mercenaries. The action is non-stop and the story has many twists and turns. Always outnumbered, but his skills allow him to be the victor in these skirmishes.

This is the first book I've read by the author and I thoroughly enjoyed it...at times, I thought I was reading a Jack Reacher book by Lee Child since there are many similarities between Tom and Jack. I will check out the other books by this author in hopes of having the same results. Highly recommended!… (más)

Book 8 in the Tom Rollins book series, it might help to read the previous books to gain a better overview of Tom's character. Nonetheless, the story works as a standalone. The chapters switch between Tom and Donny, showing both sides of the story. Tom takes it upon himself to take this case personally with his girlfriend at risk. The narrative is gritty and the book is written in the present tense so readers read the narrative in real-time. A personal pleasant way to read since nothing in the future can be foreseen and readers learn what happens at the same time as the characters.


I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.… (más)

I am really conflicted about reviewing this novella for other GoodReads readers but am doing so for a couple of reasons.

First, The Motel Whore by Paul Heatley is an extremely graphic book in the subject matter, descriptions, and writing. It is certainly not a book for everyone and again, be forewarned, the writing is graphic, explicit and disconcerting.

With that, the writing is also top-notch in its grit and descriptive power.

The novella details the day to day life of a prostitute in a seedy motel and of those she encounters, which includes those that seek her out for sexual encounters and other depraved denizens in the motel.

Apparently, there are additional novella companions that are to be read along with The Motel Whore, but until I read them, I give this novella three stars mainly because of the ending. or more apt, the lack of an ending, of the novella.

The other reason I chose to review this novella for GoodReads is that I was made aware of the writer Paul Heatley through a blog called Black Guys Do Read and hope other GoodReads visitors will visit this man's blog. He is a voracious reader and reviews a wide variety of crime/mystery/thriller reading materials on his blog. A large focus of his blog is that of noir-type reading. Please give it a look-see. Here is the link...
https://blackguysdoread.blogspot.com/

Also, for another excellent blog on good crime/thriller/mystery reading, take a look at Jedidiah Ayers' blog Hardboiled Wonderland, listed below:

http://spaceythompson.blogspot.com/… (más)