Review: Another home run by Deleo
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
Just a great read.This one has Nick McCarty his pregnant wife Rachel, daugher Jean, Deke the Australian Shepherd and partner Gus Nason.Nick and family live in Groves Point., CA. Nicks very nice house overlooks the beach. Its a place Nick and family call home. Nick never thought he could get into the family thing but now that he has he finds he's very happy being a husband to Rachel and a Father to Jean and having a son on the way.Nick's been trying to retire from his assassin job. Gus, however, thinks he should keep his hand in the game just in case. Nick's daughter Jean also has a couple of problems she wants Nick to solve. A very reluctant Nick.Nick takes a job in the sand box. This one in Iran.  Gus is along as his number two. He of course tells Rachel he's "researching" his latest Diego novel a story Rachel doesn't buy for minute one.Nick kills his man after having to wait three days for the perfect shot. Nick is sick of sand, sweat and waiting. He's looking forward to Groves Point. Nick decides that this is the last time he will be in the sand box.He and Gus are in Port Fujairah. They make it back to port after blowing an Iranian gunboat out of the water after said gunboat tried to blow them up. No survivors. Nick and Gus could care less.They are in Port Fujairah at the Harbor Club to meet the man who hired them, one Gil Montrose.The hit was sanctioned by the CIA and Montrose is the contact.  Montrose tries to screw Nick on payment Nick is not pleased and has no problem letting Montrose know how close to death he is.  Montrose backs down and payment if forwarded to Nick's account. They then part company.In the middle of the night four men appear. The four weren't nearly good enough.  The four are now among the missing and Montrose is among the dead.After their return Nick tries to disuade Jean from getting him involved in the problems of others. Jean isn't disuaded and Nick  decides to try to see if he can help.Nick convinces the parents of Jeans best friend that dealing drugs is a no no. His methods are far from civil, moral or humane. The parents caught the damned clue. Problem number one solved.Number two involves Jean's teacher Dimah Kader who is Muslim.Dimah is engaged to a US Marine. A Marine who's stationed in Afghanistan.The family is not pleased.Dimah's Uncle Naseer and cousin Saif have been involved in honor killing in the Middle East. Dimah is afraid she is next on their list.Nick can't stand Sharia Law and he removes Uncle Naseer. A heart attack rather like the one Montrose suffered.Nick also removes Saif when that moron charges through the school full of kids with a gun and takes shots at Dimah.Nick tackles the idiot and makes it look like Saif was shot when the gun they were both struggling for went off. Nick is grazed in the head but manages to kill Saif before he passes out. When he comes to he discovers that he's a hero.So begins one humorous and very good read.This one has Nick, Rachel, Jean, Gus, Gus's fiance Tina, Deke, the CIA, murder, attempted murder, Nick's property in Carmel Valley, a new very trustworthy CIA Handler, some dirty CIA agents, a couple of dirty newscasters, Nicks old pals Tim and Grace from the US Marshals office, the AG's Office, Dan, Carol and Joe from Groves Point, the Kader family who keep trying to kill Nick, a yacht called the Shalimar, a high end prostitute, her pimp, a "hacker" chip, everyones after, an old enemy of Nicks from his Delta days, a book signing tour, a few more deaths on that tour, Nick and family finding that living in peace is something that is apparantly out of their reach and a Nick who's beginning to believe that a peaceful life is highly overrated.Just a great read full of humor, loads of action, new characters and worth way more than five Stars.