Strawberry Road

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Summary: Strawberry Road
Review: If you want to escape the doldrums of an everyday life, just step inside the pages of Strawberry Road, where Rome Jordan, Mr. John Q. Public, everyday American, gets enmeshed in a life-threatening adventure. Your heart will stop as you anticipate the conflict Rome faces of continuing an investigation or reporting events to the authorities. Or are the authorities themselves somehow involved? Every time you think you have figured it all out, a new twist develops. If life gets a little too mundane, just sit back in your easy chair with a cup of tea and Strawberry Road and be transported into the world of intrigue. I for one thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it without hesitation to my fellow mystery lovers!

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Summary: Review: Strawberry Road
Review: In Stanley Moore's Strawberry Road, an innocent family is in mortal danger for no apparent reason. A bomb appears in an office, blackmail provokes deadly espionage, a brilliant female executive keeps everyone guessing, and the family must choose whether to sacrifice millions of people or the life of a helpless child. Then things really start to get complicated! Strawberry Road is one of those superbly suspenseful novels that engage the reader from first page to last. Also highly recommended is Moore's debut novel Nightshade, published by New American Library.

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Summary: A great book that will keep you on edge
Review: Rome Jordan is an advertising executive whose job is in jeopardy. The last thing he needs is trouble. A bomb turns up in the offices of his agency. When he goes to pick up his daughter after a soccer game, he stumles upon a dead body. Then someone sends him a severed human thumb. He realizes he and his family are being followed--and by folks who don't have his well-being in mind. What's going on? It seems to be connected to the disappearance of his friend and colleague Murray Baruch. Will he have to play detective?

"I'm a bit ill-suited to be a hero," he muses, "to put it mildly. Middle-aged, though loath to admit it. A copywriter. A family provider. A run-of-the-mill turn-of-the-millennium materialistic American baby-boomer who questions his own materialism. Some hero."

In the end, Rome has no choice but to find out what happened to Murray--a quest that takes him all the way to Arizona and puts his life in deadly peril.

"Strawberry Road" is non-stop action, mystery and intrigue from the first page, and Stanley R. Moore is a writer who knows exactly how to keep a reader turning the pages. Moreover, like all good writers of fiction, he provides food for thought as well as entertainment.

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Summary: A novel with heart, conscience, & great entertainment value.
Review: Stanley R. Moore is an ex-Secret Service Naval officer, actor, race-car driver, advertising writer, in general, a jack of all trades. His first novel was Nightshade, and he also wrote a screenplay for "El Monosabio" which became a feature film. Moore introduces the reader to Jerome Joseph Jordan, Rome for short. At age 49, Rome is terrified of losing his advertising position. He is receiving fewer accounts, and the business just hasn't been the same since the disappearance of his friend Murray. Unusual things begin to happen to Rome: a bomb is found on the floor of his building; a man named Harrow blackmails him into snooping into employee records and passing information; someone sends him a dismembered thumb in the mail; and he and his autistic son find a woman's dead body at a soccer game his daughter is playing in. Murray's wife keeps asking "why can't we live a normal life like everyone else?" Indeed, Rome's life keeps taking on new and devious paths. He continually thinks of Murray, and how his friend would have handled the situation. And he worries that the increasing number at deaths at his company and the information he is uncovering in his search of employee's files might be connected. He is continually followed by people trying to kill him, the police seem to be constantly on his tail, and he doesn't know which side of the fence Harrow is really on. And then there is Pamela, the new young suit clawing her way to the top of the company:

"Pamela tossed her head back and laughed a long and bawdy laugh. She pushed her plate away and tucked her knees up on the chair. Her expression grew more serious. `I like you, Rome, I really like you.' Uh-oh. Here it comes. The moment of truth. `Thank you,' I said. `I like you too.' I tried to say it as I meant it. With sincerity, not sexuality."

Strawberry Road is the ultimate industrial espionage story, in which moral decisions must be made by a man who is in the grips of his own personal crisis. His work and family are falling apart, a situation brought on by the greed of corporate America. He must make the choice between his helpless son and the killing of millions of people. Moore's experience and maturity produce a novel with heart, conscience, and supreme entertainment value.

Shelly Glodowski Reviewer

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Summary: A novel of heart, conscience, and supreme entertainment.
Review: Stanley R. Moore is an ex-Secret Service Naval officer, actor,race-car driver, advertising writer, in general, a jack of all trades.His first novel was Nightshade, and he also wrote a screenplay for "El Monosabio" which became a feature film.

Moore introduces the reader to Jerome Joseph Jordan, Rome for short. At age 49, Rome is terrified of losing his advertising position. He is receiving fewer accounts, and the business just hasn't been the same since the disappearance of his friend Murray. Unusual things begin to happen to Rome: a bomb is found on the floor of his building; a man named Harrow blackmails him into snooping into employee records and passing information; someone sends him a dismembered thumb in the mail; and he and his autistic son find a woman's dead body at a soccer game his daughter is playing in. Murray's wife keeps asking "why can't we live a normal life like everyone else?"

Indeed, Rome's life keeps taking on new and devious paths. He continually thinks of Murray, and how his friend would have handled the situation. And he worries that the increasing number at deaths at his company and the information he is uncovering in his search of employee's files might be connected. He is continually followed by people trying to kill him, the police seem to be constantly on his tail, and he doesn't know which side of the fence Harrow is really on. And then there is Pamela, the new young suit clawing her way to the top of the company:

"Pamela tossed her head back and laughed a long and bawdy laugh. She pushed her plate away and tucked her knees up on the chair. Her expression grew more serious. 'I like you, Rome, I really like you.' Uh-oh. Here it comes. The moment of truth. 'Thank you,' I said. 'I like you too.' I tried to say it as I meant it. With sincerity, not sexuality."

Strawberry Road is the ultimate industrial espionage story, in which moral decisions must be made by a man who is in the grips of his own personal crisis. His work and family are falling apart, a situation brought on by the greed of corporate America. He must make the choice between his helpless son and the killing of millions of people. Moore's experience and maturity produce a novel with heart, conscience, and supreme entertainment value.

Shelly Glodowski, Reviewer

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Summary: A novel of heart, conscience, and supreme entertainment.
Review: Stanley R. Moore is an ex-Secret Service Naval officer, actor,race-car driver, advertising writer, in general, a jack of all trades.His first novel was Nightshade, and he also wrote a screenplay for "El Monosabio" which became a feature film.

Moore introduces the reader to Jerome Joseph Jordan, Rome for short. At age 49, Rome is terrified of losing his advertising position. He is receiving fewer accounts, and the business just hasn't been the same since the disappearance of his friend Murray. Unusual things begin to happen to Rome: a bomb is found on the floor of his building; a man named Harrow blackmails him into snooping into employee records and passing information; someone sends him a dismembered thumb in the mail; and he and his autistic son find a woman's dead body at a soccer game his daughter is playing in. Murray's wife keeps asking "why can't we live a normal life like everyone else?"

Indeed, Rome's life keeps taking on new and devious paths. He continually thinks of Murray, and how his friend would have handled the situation. And he worries that the increasing number at deaths at his company and the information he is uncovering in his search of employee's files might be connected. He is continually followed by people trying to kill him, the police seem to be constantly on his tail, and he doesn't know which side of the fence Harrow is really on. And then there is Pamela, the new young suit clawing her way to the top of the company:

"Pamela tossed her head back and laughed a long and bawdy laugh. She pushed her plate away and tucked her knees up on the chair. Her expression grew more serious. `I like you, Rome, I really like you.' Uh-oh. Here it comes. The moment of truth. `Thank you,' I said. `I like you too.' I tried to say it as I meant it. With sincerity, not sexuality."

Strawberry Road is the ultimate industrial espionage story, in which moral decisions must be made by a man who is in the grips of his own personal crisis. His work and family are falling apart, a situation brought on by the greed of corporate America. He must make the choice between his helpless son and the killing of millions of people. Moore's experience and maturity produce a novel with heart, conscience, and supreme entertainment value.

Shelly Glodowski, Reviewer

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Summary: Strawberry Road
Review: Strawberry Road is a very exciting, intriguing and well written novel. It's a really good thriller that keeps you interested and guessing. It also makes you question and think about how our society functions today. It makes you reflect on the statement "The more things change the more they stay the same."

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Summary: A great story, with an interesting subject.
Review: Strawberry Road is about a normal family man, Rome living the life of a successful advertising executive. He is worried that at 49 he is too old for the business. He is flung into a situation which makes him redefine his values, his family and his career. By helping his fellow man, he puts his family at risk. He must decide which to put first before it is too late. Rome is forced to evacuate his office because of a bomb scare. He meets Malcolm, an agent investigating Rome's employer. He recruits Rome as his inside source. Rome is unwittingly thrown into an investigation of 401K retirement plans and anthrax. When Rome begins to uncover the truth, he must decide to protect his family which includes an autistic son and let the conspiracy continue or continue to work with Malcolm who he doesn't totally trust. In the middle of all this intrigue, Rome continues in his work in advertising, putting together a campaign to sell cat food. The plot takes some interesting twists which makes the reader think of his own life and values. As the plot unfolds, there are many twists until the surprise ending. It is an enjoyable and interesting story which makes one consider personal choices, loyality to an employer and the strength of the family. It makes one think how fragile things can be when choices are made.