Review: New favorite writer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2013
I love a good mystery-thriller-suspense novel and now I have a new favorite author. Mike Wells writes a tight, suspenseful novel, headed up by a bright, resourceful heroine that doesn't need anyone to save her, Elaine Brogan is perfectly capable of saving herself. Think Alias and the gorgeous Sydney, an agent who can take care of herself no matter what's thrown at her.While Lust, Money, Murder is typical of the Thriller genre in many ways, it's also a cut above with Wells' great characterization of his main character, Elaine.  As a teenager, Elaine, who is blessed with above average good looks, wants to be a model. Wells understands that being beautiful, Elaine will probably coast through her life unless something earthshaking happens to turn her down a different road.Elaine's beloved father is falsely accused of passing counterfeit money, which causes a chain of events that find Elaine no longer dependent on her looks, but on her brains and guts instead as she trains to be Secret Service Agent in the counterfeiting department.Life throws roadblock after roadblock at Elaine as she struggles to succeed as an agent. The suspense never let's up until the end, and I even found the flashbacks intriguing without slowing down the action at all. I like to know the 'whys' of the characters, otherwise the bad guys feel flat and uninteresting.I'll be reading a lot more of Mike Wells in the future.  He's just what I look for in a suspenseful thriller.