Review: True Blood Brothers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2013
"Thanks, Wiley. The only person who ever called me that was my brother Jake."  And Jake had been missing for thirteen years and had been declared dead six years ago.Charlie Beckham was part of a task force against organized crime in Boston, gathering evidence, using surveillance and authorized wiretaps. Charlie was besieged by Russian mob crime and by his own twisted thoughts.Possessing an eidetic memory, but riddled by the unshakable feeling that he was being followed, Charlie wades through the self-made quagmire of mishaps involving his boss, his fiancee the daughter of the U.S. attorney, and his work investigating terrible mob connections.  And Jake, his missing brother, still looms  large, creating torn emotions and a gullibility peppered with a fierce loyalty.Bonz, a mental channel surfer homeless man who plays with memory puzzle pieces,  goes berserk over Jake Beckham's name.Through a series of  odd circumstances, Bonz becomes Charlie's staunch body guard, co-conspirator and friend.Suddenly, Charlie's world turns upside down and inside out. He becomes wanted and hunted by the police, and by, Boston's Italian mobster boss Carmen Siracuse.Terrifying details unravel to reveal the true events concerning Jake's death, his brutal tortures,and the identity of his killer.Everything Charlie once believed proves false. Only a brother's love can prove to be stronger than death. Everything's Jake after skirting all the pitfalls.This novel seemed to start slowly, but soon the reader realizes the elaborate twining of a powerfully thought-provoking plan. Excellent.