Review: A Straightforward Thriller Full of Promise
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2013
Following the mysterious death of his father, billionaire businessman Sir Ivan Gunn, Thomas Gunn an ex-soldier with the British Army's Parachute Regiment is called home to take over the running of the family business, however there is something suspicious going on at the Gunn Group and Thomas is certain that it holds the key to his father's death.A well written novel The Orange Moon Affair throws you right in at the deep end within it's first few pages, the unexplained shotgun wounds and the missile attack on the lone helicopter is enough to grab the attention of any reader. Though this level of tension comes and goes throughout the rest of the book the story is intriguing enough that one finds themselves reading on.The characters, though a little predictable, are quite likeable and their interactions believable and engaging; a feat often missing from those at the lower end of the genre. It all smacks a little bit of a Hollywood movie though, the beautiful girls, the extravagant offices and the war weary billionaire's son forced to take responsibility - that doesn't mean to say it's a bad book, far from it I found it really quite enjoyable - I just felt that there was more potential to the characters and the action than writer AFN Clarke was really able to tap in to.Should the Thomas Gunn thrillers become a more substantial series I'd like to see something a little darker and grittier in the future, because I think the characters and writer both could handle it.