Review: `Thriller writers write about the world as it is.'  Gary Haynes
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
British author Gary Haynes digs into mystery thriller writing with STATE OF HONOUR with excellent credentials. He studied law at University of Warwick in Coventry, England and completed his postgraduate training at the College of Law. His emphasis as a lawyer is on commercial dispute resolution, but even more pertinent to his input for the novel is his commentary on Middle East politics. He has created a new action hero in Tom Dupree who he has shaped so well that he may become another Jack Ryan, James Bond, Indiana Jones trope. As Haynes describes his new action hero, ` He is a man who lives by a code of honour. His calling is to save human life by putting his own life in jeopardy. Join him as he battles to save the day. 6'2", 182 lbs., dark brown eyes, dark hair, Favourite handgun:  SIG Sauer P229, Martial Art:  Muay Thai (Thai boxing), Marital status:  Single. He wears his Bureau of Diplomatic Security badge with pride.'Haynes opens his book with a telling Prologue in Hindu Kush, Northwest Pakistan and with a deep inhale se states his story with realistic military jargon and a sharp attention to detail about the Pakistani countryside and atmosphere. Jump to Islamabad and the ingredients for the plot that will let our new hero soar takes flight. Events such as the attacks on Pakistan, the fact that The US Secretary of State (Linda Carlyle) is missing, abducted and is to be beheaded if her abductors are not found and eliminated and the work for Special Agent Tom Dupree is online. Should Tom Dupree not rescue Secretary Carlyle from the terrorists then the threat of the beginning of WW III is in the realm of possibility.Haynes revs up the energy level form the first page and involves the reader in a manner like the best of Tom Clancy's novels. But Hayes has his own style and the success of this book lies primarily in the manner he has constructed his Special Agent Tom Dupree - a man who is fearless yet has a vulnerable side few see, a hero that takes all aspects of a situation into his head before simply making muscle noise. With Dupree author Hayes has sculpted a fine hero and it is doubtless he will continue with more adventures for him. Welcome to a new action writer! Grady Harp, June 14