Review: High Praise for this Remarkable Thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2013
Gregory Gunter's `The Cupola Collusion' reminds me of a Robert Ludlum tale--and I mean that as high praise. It's about Rich Weller, green as far as FBI's ways are concerned, but with a sharp knack for making sense of things--especially dangerous ones. While he unwittingly entered the fray with preventing a murder farthest from his mind, he soon finds himself compelled to do just that: protecting the life of Cari Oakes, a woman who happens to possess something dangerous, powerful people want, all for the sake of manipulating the American presidency.But that's only a fragment of a far-reaching international conspiracy that could leave you gripping the edge of your seat or, in my case, frantically turning the pages. Between Weller's trying to carve a career with the FBI and the behind-the-scenes machinations of the Creels to put the country under their thumbs, the book treats you with crisp, snappy writing. Gunter writes with an assured confidence, that eye for detail and ear for effective dialogue, which makes this book's characters seem to jump off the page. Don't read this book if you're working the next day and you might need some sleep--because the moment you get past the first five or ten pages, you're hooked, and there's no turning back.But what makes this thriller so gripping is its sheer plausibility--you read today's current events and wonder if this isn't happening right under our noses--if the novel is actually less of an invention and more of a thinly veiled revelation of the way things are. In any case, `The Cupola Collusion' is captivating, deeply suspenseful, and deliciously entertaining, and it is one of the best suspense books you'll find in Kindle. It deserves no less than five stars.