2024, Florida Panhandle. Navarre Beach. Mercy Deal (15, daughter) met Conor O’Rourke (20, Georgia Tech U, Kappa Alpha frat boy).
Then she took a drink that had a date-rape drug in it.
She was no longer a virgin.
Wolfie Jules had been prowling the beach.
Captain Mike Stevenson (Fort Walton Beach PD) was talking with Wolfie (30+, Hispanic) who had called 911.
Sacred Heart ER. Mercy was being looked at.
Detective Matt Deal (husband/father) rushed to hospital.
Dr. Destin (brain trauma surgeon) greeted & spoke with Detective Deal when they arrived.
Not good news at all.
Sandestin. Captain Stevenson & the PD busted down the condo door. The Kappa Alpha frat boys: Conor O’Rourke, Roland Fenney, Brett Angus, Paul Greenslade, & Tim Heath had been smoking MJ & drinking.
The 5 suspects were read their Miranda rights & hauled down to the station.
They had bailed out.
Court was held & they were all released.
6-months later, Mercy was still in a coma.
Wolfie Jules (computer genius) & Sheba (Wolfie’s German Shepherd) came to work for Detective Matt Deal (Homicide/Robbery) at the Big Deal’s Gym.
Detective Deal invited his ex-wife Lorey to the Napoli pizza parlor.
Emily Breen (NCA IA head) met with Detective Deal.
Detective Deal was still suspended 6 months after the death of Tommy Etchwell “Butcher of Brighton” Darker Productions owner.
Mercy was now in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital a specialist neurological trauma center PVS wing.
Jack Hughes (grandfather, wealthy) was picking up the tab.
The Crown versus Matthew Deal.
Not guilty.
Sheba Investigations. Mrs. Tina Gonsales (wife) came to see Matt Deal about Leo Gonsales (husband, construction foreman).
Mobile, AL. trailer park. Matt went to visit with Celia LeFevre (widow, wheelchair bound. Social Security) about here deceased husband Pierre LeFevre (aka Peter).
Jack Hughes (Matt’s ex-father-in-law, Hughes Realty Inc.) made an urgent call.
What were Andy Messina & Joe Caruso up to?
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An awesome book cover, great font & writing style. A very professionally written crime thriller book. It was quite easy for me to read/follow from start/finish & never a dull moment. There were no grammar/typo errors, nor any repetitive or out of line sequence sentences. Lots of exciting scenarios, with several twists/turns & a large description list of unique characters, settings, facts etc. to keep track of. This could also make another great crime thriller movie, or better yet a mini-TV series. There is no doubt in my mind this is an extremely easy rating of 5 stars.
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Tony Parsons MSW (Washburn)
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His daughter was taken. He’ll never get her back."Stephen Bentley is not a writer who pulls his punches. His book opens with this brutal attack; his writing is pared back and unfussy, and you feel as if you are at that beach, helplessly watching the child being torn apart. It is brutal, but you can tell that you are in the hands of a masterful thriller writer. You can tell that the book in your hands will be unflinching and ferocious. You can tell that you're in for a 100-miles-an-hour ride. Strap in.' Editorial Review Readfree.ly discounted and free books website's Review of Book of the Month May 2020 and the same website's Runner-Up in the 'Best Book We've Read All Year' awards. |
Don’t mess with Deal… Mayhem will followAt the funeral of two of his hit men, Mike Russo, capo of the New Jersey Mob puts out a contract on Detective Matt Deal for his part in the killings. At the same time another funeral is taking place in Florida. Deal will soon learn just how badly his world is broken… and it’s about to get worse. The long awaited sequel to Book One in the series – Mercy. Fans of Jack Ryan, or lethal killers like Reacher or Scot Harvath will devour this novel. |
Mobocracy means mob rule, the opposite of democracy The series is set in the near future...Anarchy and mob rule are prevalent with law and order breaking down in the United States. Even Washington D.C. is under siege from lawless groups of rioters. In Florida, Matt Deal has now been appointed the chief of detectives reporting to newly elected Sheriff Fretwell, his old friend. A British stranger starts making inquiries about Deal. Who is he? Is he an additional threat to Deal and his family? Meanwhile Special Agent Steele recruits a disgraced cop to infiltrate the outlaw biker gang hired to kill Deal. What will Deal do? Fight or flee? |
The Detective Matt Deal Thrillers Trilogy: Books 1 - 3
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The Detective Matt Deal Thrillers Trilogy: Books 1 - 3 Box Set
By binge reading all three books you avoid cliffhangers, but just as importantly, you get to see Detective Matt Deal grow as a man and as a character. And he does grow. His character arc is deliberately spread over the series. Who he is, and what he does in Book One is not the same man that you get to know and root for in Book Three.
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