This book is a slow-burn thriller, and I found it both compelling and disturbing.
I love books that draw on contemporary issues and raise complex and thought-provoking issues. Word of Honor uses the Vietnam War to tackle difficult topics, and with the tagline, The Moral Maze of a Man at War, it’s the kind of book I revel in, one that took me through a multitude of emotions and challenged me to question more.
I’m a sucker for complex stories, novels that tackle politics, personal relationships, and very human dilemmas. This novel had it all. I became invested in the outcome; I both cheered for and dreaded the consequences for the main character. That uncertainty was compelling and provocative.
This slow-burn, page-turner isn’t an action story, but gripped me and made me think. I like that.
Read the gripping story of a Vietnam vet whose secret past threatens his family, career, and honor, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide, and is "a true master" (Dan Brown).
He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam.
There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity-and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Not the press, army…
I enjoy slow-burn, deep novels with a storyline that draws on real and serious issues. The Collaborator took me inside the callous world of mafia families, exposing the horror of their "business model" and the demand for loyalty at all costs. I love to explore this world from a safe place, and this book challenged my preconceived ideas.
The focus on justice and doing what’s right in the face of overwhelming odds is compelling and represents the kind of story I enjoy most. It’s a story of courage; it’s gripping and intense, although not an action story in the traditional sense.
It is thought-provoking, complex, and deep, just as I like my stories.
Deadlier than the Mafia, the Camorra never forget, and never forgive.
She is an Italian accountancy student in London, and her boyfriend Eddie teaches at a language school. But the prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to look after her gangster brother, wanted for multiple murders back home in Naples.
For the Borelli clan are major players in the Camorra, a crime network more close-knit and ruthless than the Sicilian Mafia.
Mario Castrolami is a senior Carabinieri investigator of the Camorra, his career dedicated to destroying the corruption and violence of the clans. When Immacolata calls from London…
I don’t often read historical thrillers, but the WWII setting covering both the Nazi occupation of Paris and the Vichy regime drew me in. I love books that use real events as the plot background, and this era intrigues me.
I became invested in the main character’s plight. His difficult choices made me fear not only for him but also for the mission. It’s a classic story of betrayal, and I love the complex relationships, the struggle for power and control both by the enemy and also between the resistance groups, and the overall fight for justice and freedom.
These elements made it a deep, satisfying read for me. This is my kind of book: a deeply complex and gripping story. I confess I skimmed the graphic violence, but otherwise, I couldn’t put it down.
'Page-turning and gritty' DAILY MAIL.
It is 1943 and for agents of the Special Operations Executive, a mission to Nazi-occupied Paris is a death sentence. So why has unlikely spy Harry Mitchell volunteered to return to the city he fled two years ago?
The French capital is at war with itself. Informers, gangsters, collaborators and Resistance factions are as ready to slit each other's throats as they are the Germans'. The occupiers are no better: the Gestapo and Abwehr - military intelligence - are locked in their own lethal battle for dominance.
Mitchell knows the risks but he has a…
The sudden death of her refugee friend sets off a chain of events that will change Shelley’s quiet life forever.
Her burning desire for the truth uncovers a web of conspiracy, danger, and corruption that reaches all the way to the top. Shelley is reluctant to jeopardize her safe career and comfortable life, but it soon becomes clear that she will have to break rules and risk everything to uncover the truth.
Can ordinary people really make a difference in a world where powerful forces hold all the cards?
