Review: Mystery, Action, and Suspense
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2012
This book is about a journalist who runs a small company with his best friend and partner.  They are in financial difficulties and this is causing troubles between the main character Danny and his wife Maggie.  The story opens on the night a large lottery is to be drawn, the jackpot is huge as no one has won for several weeks.  Danny and Maggie don't win, but Vince, Danny's best friend and partner, does.  Vince immediately calls Danny and offers him part of the winnings, and asks him to come over and celebrate.Except when Danny arrives at Vince's, he's dead.  As he's freaking out, Danny receives a mysterious phone call saying his wife and child are being kidnapped, and he is not to tell anyone about the kidnapping or the winning lottery ticket.  In the main, we follow Danny as he tries to navigate his way through this insane situation without dying or getting his wife and child killed, to find out who murdered Vince, and to find out who the kidnapper is.  To complicate matters, Danny is immediately under suspicion for murder and it turns out some police officers may be prejudiced against him (and Vince) due to their exposure of a dirty cop several months back.I found this story to be engaging and entertaining, as well as realistic.  It was properly formatted for Kindle reading and professionally edited.  I would be interested in reading more books by this author.