4 STARS

Murder Key is the first book I have read using Amazon Prime program. At 11:30 pm I was around 65% through when the book quit on me. After I tried reloading it I chated with Amazon customer service and got it figured out. Had to restart my kindle. It was not at a place that I wanted to stop reading.

Murder Key is full of action and drama. Loyal friends and bad cops. Also plenty of good cops. Matt has no idea why someone wants him dead. The only way he will be safe is to find out why. Logan and Jock take off work to help protect Matt and figure out whats going on. Matt gets his first taste of what Jock has had to face in working for the secret goverment agency.

I have liked all seven of Matt Royal Mysteries that I have read this week and sad now that I have read them. If you like action,detective,spy stories you will like Matt and his friends. I would like to live in florida for the winters too. ( )

Take a few good friends, a beautiful woman, illegal drugs, a dirty politician, a helicopter, several murders and horrible visions from the Vietnam War and you have just another day in the life of lawyer turned beach bum, Matt Royal.

The second in his Royal series, Griffin takes us on yet another fantastic ride. With every moment you’re left on the edge of your seat wondering what’s around the bend. Who can he trust? Who’s on the take? Who is trying to kill Matt Royal? That’s the sixty-four thousand dollar question. Some of the answers will astound you; I know they shocked me.

The humor within these pages is done as only Griffin can. However, it’s the grit and harshness of Royal’s life that makes my breath catch. One of the “bad guys”, Diaz—who isn’t exactly in a primo situation—got in Jock’s face and taunted him…not a smart idea.

“You will pay for this, gringo,” he muttered, spitting blood and saliva on the floor. “I will kill you the next time I see you. I will piss on your grave.”

Jock raised the pistol and shot Diaz through his left eye.

“Good God almighty, Jock!” I shouted. “What the hell did you do?”
“Anybody stupid enough to threaten me while he’s tied to a chair and I’ve got a gun is too stupid to breathe our air.”

Needless to say it goes on and I loved every single word!

Griffin’s writing is as such that you can picture everything, you feel every emotion and you can even smell the death. What sets Griffin apart from others who write what he does is his ability to make me feel what Matt feels. Reading his books has made me a better writer. As a woman trying to write a male character, insight like Griffin gives the reader helps in very profound ways. Being able to get lost in a great story is the cherry on top of the best sundae ever! Thank you Mr. Griffin; I’m off to read “Blood Island”. I can’t wait.

Reviewed by: Terri Ann Armstrong, author of "Morning Menace", published by Suspense Publishing, a company owned by Suspense Magazine.

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