Jack Mahoney (2)

REVIEW: “I worry that it won’t switch off. That the version of me that only sees targets and obstacles…won’t let go. That I’ll never lose my fighting edge; I’ll just forget what I’m fighting for.” Adrian was an Army Ranger, deceived, betrayed and the only survivor. Now he is trying to make amends to the other victims’ families. It seems like a simple task but he stirs up a hornet’s nest of fraud and corruption. It is a well-written, tight suspense. I selected this show more Advanced Reader Copy opportunity because the locale is a familiar Pacific Northwest area. I’m so glad I received this book because it truly was an enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to more of this series. This is my voluntary review.

DESCRIPTION, NOT REVIEW: Adrian Cervantes’s Ranger squad was betrayed and ambushed in Iraq, sent to deliver an embezzled payoff to a man who didn’t exist. The lone survivor, Cervantes went AWOL, returning to the States to distribute his purloined cash to the families of his squad.

But it’s not as simple as leaving a check in the mailbox. Every family he visits has their own troubles. Law enforcement hunts him at every turn. And Cervantes’s need to see justice done earns him plenty of enemies.

Cervantes’s first stop is the fading lumber town of Cullinan, WA. His plans to visit the Quinones family are complicated by the death of the father and the suspicions of the widow. Teaming up with a local lawyer, Cervantes uncovers enough questions to cast doubt that the father’s death was a drunken accident. But his investigation puts him in the sights of local bruisers, crooked cops, and the real power behind the lumber mill. In the end, Cervantes discovers a conspiracy that’s robbing Cullinan of its livelihood, and he puts it to rest the only way he knows how. show less