SENTIMENTAL ME by Charles L. Fields is an action, adventure, travel,mystery suspense set in modern day America,and Mexico. It is well written, fast paced with twists and turns. It has violence, murder, drugs, arms smuggling, powerful people, drug cartels, fraud, and a wild ride of action and adventure. The characters are real life. The plot interesting and fast paced. It will take you to hell and back with the characters. This book was received for the purpose of review from Bostick Communications and the author and details can be found at Outskirtspress,Inc. and My Book Addiction and More. ( )

Boston attorney Charles Stone handles special assignments for Franklin Life.

A $500,000 life insurance policy was issued on the life of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Jack Spears. The beneficiary is Senorita Consuelo de V.

Spears is found murdered and Stone is asked to find out more about this Mexican woman.

The novel is advertised as a travel mystery so as Stone drives from Boston to Mexico, he makes many stops and describes them to the reader. There is some unnecessary descriptions in this and it takes away from the story, i.e. the reader didn't need to know what Stone had for dinner the first night or, that the restaurant had a salad bar.

Concidences abound. Stone crosses the Mexican border and goes into a bar. That's the very bar that Consuela, "Connie" is sitting. She immediately knows who Stone is and sets up a meeting with Stone and her boss, Eduardo Silva. At the meeting, Silva tells Stone that he attended the U. Nevada school of mines. It just so happens that Stone knows the person who runs the mining school and Silva tells him that the man was a major influence on his life.

The dialogue is stilted. Each time there is a description of how Spears died, it's always the "brutal" murder. Having the same word repeated each time eventually seemed too repititious.

I enjoyed the story but fgelt that it wasn't realistic in that an insurance company would check out the beneficiary before a policy is issued. Once issued, most insurance companies stand by the insurance and pay out claimes in a speedy manner.

The author can tell a story and the plot is compelling enough to keep the reader interested. I think that with some professional editing and more realistic dialogue, the next novel by this author will be an improvement. ( )