Review: Tense, Action Packed Thriller!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2012
British thriller author John Matthews has written a tense, action packed novel which tackles a highly controversial subject -- the need for gun control in the USA.Matthews is a brave man to tackle this subject with the number of gun nuts out there. Many of those attack his book unfairly in reviews based on their pro-gun views. I doubt many have actually read the entire book.While it is slanted to an anti-gun viewpoint, Matthews handles the subject in a very balanced fashion, much like a journalist, and expounds some of the arguments in favor of the second amendment.Even without the gun issue, you still have an outstanding page-turning thriller. It is fast paced and action driven. One thread of this book focuses on Josette Horvath, a Washington-based FBI counter-terrorist agent whose son is caught in a terrorist bomb blast. Another follows her brother at Oxford University and how a thesis he prepares ends up at the White House and leads to the blackmail of the US Vice-President trying to steer a key bill through Congress.Matthews pulls the various story threads together very skillfully. The only negative with this American-themed book is the various Britishisms which creep into the text such as "tyre" instead of "tire" and a few others. But they do nothing to detract from the story and I just accepted them.The ending is a real gripping, barn burner which sets you up forThe Second Amendment #2which I will just have to read to see how it all turns out. Fully deserving of 5-stars!James A. Anderson, Author