Review: Fast-paced
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
This thriller has very little flab. It starts literally in mid-flight, as the competent yet vulnerable hero Thomas Gunn red-lines his helicopter engines and tries to elude an FIM-92 Stinger missile.A single shot to the forehead from a 9mm semi-automatic has killed Gunn's father, an immensely wealthy entrepreneur. Struggling to overcome his grief, Gunn tries to pierce the squid ink that surrounds this vicious, unexplained murder. Having lived off the family fortune for years, his idle time is now over; he has to travel between countries, interview shady characters and court mortal danger. At the same time, he must keep his lady friend Julie happy.It seems that Gunn's father was involved in something nasty, and perhaps illegal, but the answers do not come easily. It's only when he realises the significance of a clue involving "Orange Moon" that the puzzle pieces begin to fall in place."The Orange Moon Affair" packs a punch, and I think most people would enjoy the story.