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"What at first appears to be an online hoax launches retired PI Alan Swansea into an investigation exposing a gang of sex traffickers. After receiving a mysterious email message from a woman making a desperate plea to save her younger sister, Swansea finds himself entrenched in the horrific world of human trafficking. Once it becomes clear that Polina and several other young Eastern European girls have been abducted and forced to take part in a deranged artist's bizarre project, Swansea is show more engaged in a harrowing race to find the girls before they are thrust into a situation even more unthinkable than their present one. Will Polina become yet another victim of modern day sex slavery like the others? Throughout his investigation, Swansea becomes increasingly aware of the devastating effects sex trafficking has had on the lives of the victims and what little is being done by law enforcement to stop it. As the toll of victims rises, so does his resolve to bring the villains to justice. But as time runs out, Swansea discovers that the trail of his investigation may very well have gone cold. Will he be able to save Polina before it's too late?."-- show lessTags
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Holy flying FROGS!
1) Self published, so as expected abysmal editing.
2) Clichés abound! Overwhelmingly...
3) "That word, you keep using it...I do not think it means what you think it means."
4) Repetitive words and phrases.
5) Inconsistencies, i.e. the rental car is initially a Taurus then miraculously is all the sudden a Honda Civic...these kinds of things make me feel like the details aren't important to the author, so why should I care?
6) The cheesy soapbox dialog oh my! It was like a bad after school special. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm whole heartedly against human trafficking as well, but PREACH IT BROTHER!! And, again, preach it with deplorably cheezzzzzzy dialogue that made me cringe. There were even statistics. Uh huh. And, show more super clichés, like, "Wow, Beth, you've really done your homework!"
7)Product placement, anyone? The author is CLEARLY an Apple guy. If he said "iPhone" one more time I was going to send a letter to Apple telling them they should pay him some sort of advertising fee! Though, Dell was also mentioned, Starbucks, Honda, Mac again with the computers...I lost track, it was all over. Oh, and beer. He never just had a beer, it was almost always a Michelob, though I think he had another kind once and it was named as well. Oh, and Panera. He even named his new dog after that one!!
8) It was all utterly convenient. He's a former PI who gave up the life. His good friend (who he hasn't talked to in years) is a Women's Rights / Human Trafficking activist, his other buddy is the best hacker EVER and he miraculously finds this abandoned (completely trained) dog the day after he starts the investigation who saves his life from the bad guys and blows the whole thing WIDE open by finding the yellow ribbon. Huh?
Also, can I just say, I doubt a retired cop turned Russian mob thug would carry a Walther PPK...that's a James Bond gun, son. It's tiny and easily concealed, but not a lot of fire power there. You'dve been better off going with a Glock. Sad, but true.
I'm sure this is up someone's alley, and bless them. I bought it for my mom who liked mysteries, so Wittenberg got my however many dollars (I don't even remember now), but I can't say I enjoyed it, it'd be a lie. I can't say I'd recommend it, that'd also be a lie. I can honestly tell you that if it wasn't filling one of my Book Bingo Challenge slots it would have been a DNF early on. show less
1) Self published, so as expected abysmal editing.
2) Clichés abound! Overwhelmingly...
3) "That word, you keep using it...I do not think it means what you think it means."
4) Repetitive words and phrases.
5) Inconsistencies, i.e. the rental car is initially a Taurus then miraculously is all the sudden a Honda Civic...these kinds of things make me feel like the details aren't important to the author, so why should I care?
6) The cheesy soapbox dialog oh my! It was like a bad after school special. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm whole heartedly against human trafficking as well, but PREACH IT BROTHER!! And, again, preach it with deplorably cheezzzzzzy dialogue that made me cringe. There were even statistics. Uh huh. And, show more super clichés, like, "Wow, Beth, you've really done your homework!"
7)Product placement, anyone? The author is CLEARLY an Apple guy. If he said "iPhone" one more time I was going to send a letter to Apple telling them they should pay him some sort of advertising fee! Though, Dell was also mentioned, Starbucks, Honda, Mac again with the computers...I lost track, it was all over. Oh, and beer. He never just had a beer, it was almost always a Michelob, though I think he had another kind once and it was named as well. Oh, and Panera. He even named his new dog after that one!!
8) It was all utterly convenient. He's a former PI who gave up the life. His good friend (who he hasn't talked to in years) is a Women's Rights / Human Trafficking activist, his other buddy is the best hacker EVER and he miraculously finds this abandoned (completely trained) dog the day after he starts the investigation who saves his life from the bad guys and blows the whole thing WIDE open by finding the yellow ribbon. Huh?
Also, can I just say, I doubt a retired cop turned Russian mob thug would carry a Walther PPK...that's a James Bond gun, son. It's tiny and easily concealed, but not a lot of fire power there. You'dve been better off going with a Glock. Sad, but true.
I'm sure this is up someone's alley, and bless them. I bought it for my mom who liked mysteries, so Wittenberg got my however many dollars (I don't even remember now), but I can't say I enjoyed it, it'd be a lie. I can't say I'd recommend it, that'd also be a lie. I can honestly tell you that if it wasn't filling one of my Book Bingo Challenge slots it would have been a DNF early on. show less
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