I hope you picked up some of the Chills and Thrills listed in last week’s blog post. And thank you again to all of the authors and readers who participated in the Facebook event. We had a lot of fun.
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme. Read the rules and more teasers at The Purple Booker. Anyone can play along.
This week, I am reading Lost, by James Patterson and James O Born. It is a great thriller that revolves around international human trafficking and is set in Miami, Florida.
Take the compassion of James Patterson’s Michael Bennett, a New York cop with ten adopted children, mixed together with the failed football career of David Baldacci’s Amos Decker, and you’ll have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Detective Tom Moon.
I gathered everyone together. Joseph looked at me with big brown eyes and said, “What are we doing?”
I smiled and said, “We’re making a break for it.”
James Patterson, Lost
As you would expect, James Patterson does not let you get comfortable. The action is always pushing the story along, keeping you on the edge of your seat.
The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon’s back yard. He’s always kept it local, attending University of Miami on a football scholarship, and, as a Miami PD officer, protecting the city’s most vulnerable. Now, as the new leader of an FBI task force called “Operation Guardian,” it’s his mission to combat international crime. Moon’s investigative team discovers that the opportunistic “Blood Brothers”—Russian nationals Roman and Emile Rostoff—have evaded authorities while building a vast, powerful, and deadly crime syndicate throughout Europe and metropolitan Miami. Moon played offense for U of M, but he’s on the other side of the field this time. And as the Rostoffs zero in on a target dear to Tom, they’re not playing by anyone’s rules.
I haven’t read a James Patterson book in ages, but now I am really curious. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “THE FOREVER GIRL”