Aphrodite

Justin Westwood, a policeman for East End Harbor NY, has been trying to escape his tragic past by drinking too much Scotch at night and spending his days on the force by writing tickets for traffic violations in this small Long Island town. Justin had once been a well-respected homicide detective in Providence but when he got too involved in a Mafia case he watched his beautiful daughter be gunned down in front of him and a year later his wife committed suicide. Now Justin is barely going through the motions until he investigates the death of a young female reporter. What looks like an accidental death seems suspicious to Justin and he literally stumbles upon a witness to the murder. Justin and the witness Deena begin to uncover a far show more reaching conspiracy involving pharmaceutical companies and the government known as "Aphrodite".

As Justin and Deena delve deeper into the Aphrodite project they realize that anyone who knows about the project and speaks to an outsider will be disposed of and now the two of them are the killers number one targets. Having no one to trust, including the police and the FBI, except one another the pair are relentless in their search for Aphrodite's formula while being chased by several different killers intent on keeping the secret.

The suspense in this book was stellar and the characters were quite likeable, though it seemed out of character for Justin to be so violent towards the end of the book. I found the ''Aphrodite" secret to be a tad unbelievable but it was a good story nonetheless. show less

An elderly man dies and the reporter who wrote his obituary is killed. Neither looks like homicide until Justin Westwood started looking. Westwood is a young but worn out cop just passing the time in a crime free Long Island berg. Two deaths seem to spawn more and the tale unfolds. Andrews tells a compelling story and this is as good as his others.

This was a fairly decent thriller. Nothing fantastic about it but it was a good solid read, which didn't take long to finish. Weighs in at about 450 pages.

Set in America, the main character is former hot shot detective who went to hide out in a sleepy town after a tragedy killed his wife and daughter. He's been giving our parking tickets for years, is seriously unfit and likes a few drinks every night. Now he's got a multiple murder case, and the shadowy perpetrators are now looking to silence him as well...

More than fantasic, superb reading, so convincing that I began to wonder, could this story be true??????? A thriller that keeps you turning pages wanting to find out what will happen next, will the innocent survive? Read it and find out for yourself!

There are so many great thrillers available and although this one was fast paced, not a favorite for me.

fast paced