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ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Last Orphan: An Orphan X Book #8 by Gregg Hurwitz

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Publication Date:  February 14, 2023 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Assassination Thriller  Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:   347 pages Buy:  Kindle  |  Audiobook Synopsis As a child, Evan Smoak was plucked out of a group home, raised and trained as an off-the-books assassin for the government as part of the Orphan program. When he broke with the program and went deep underground, he left with a lot of secrets in his head that the government would do anything to make sure never got out.  When he remade himself as The Nowhere Man, dedicated to helping the most desperate in their times of trouble, Evan found himself slowly back on the government's radar. Having eliminated most of the Orphans in the program, the government will stop at nothing to eliminate the threat they see in Evan...

ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Gatekeeper by James Byrne

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Publication Date:  June 7, 2022 Format:  E-book Genre:   Thriller Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:  326 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Audiobook  Synopsis A highly trained team of mercenaries launches a well-planned, coordinated attack on a well-guarded military contractor - but they didn't count on one thing, the right man being in the wrong place at the right time. Desmond Aloysius Limerick (“Dez” to all) is a retired mercenary, and enthusiastic amateur musician, currently in Southern California, enjoying the sun and sitting in on the occasional gig, when the hotel he's at falls under attack. A skilled team attempts to kidnap the Chief legal counsel of Triton Expeditors, a major military contractor – in fact, Petra Alexandris is the daughter of the CEO – but ...

BOOK REVIEW: Dark Horse (Orphan X # 7) by Gregg Hurwitz

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Publication Date:  Feb 8, 2022 Format:  Paperback Genre:   Vigilante Justice, Assassin Publisher:  Minotaur Books  Length:  432 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Hardcover  Synopsis Evan Smoak is a man with many identities and a challenging past. As Orphan X, he was a government assassin for the off-the-books Orphan Program. After he broke with the Program, he adopted a new name and a new mission--The Nowhere Man, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. Having just survived an attack on his life and the complete devastation of his base of operations, as well as his complicated (and deepening) relationship with his neighbor Mia Hall, Evan isn't interested in taking on a new mission. But one finds him anyway....

ARC BOOK REVIEW: The Keepers (A Mace Reid K-9 Mystery) by Jeffrey B. Burton

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  Publication Date:  June 29, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:  Mystery  Publisher:  Minotaur Books Length:  288 pages Buy: Hardcover  |  Kindle  Synopsis Mason “Mace” Reid lives on the outskirts of Chicago and specializes in human remains detection―that is, he trains dogs to hunt for dead bodies. He calls his pack of cadaver dogs The Finders, and his prize pupil is a golden retriever named Vira. When Mace Reid and Vira are called in to search Washington Park at three o'clock in the morning, what they find has them running for their very lives. The trail of murder and mayhem Mace and CPD Officer Kippy Gimm have been following leads them to uncover treachery and corruption at the highest level, and their discoveries do not bode ...