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Summary: EXCEPTIONAL!
Review: This book was incredible. It often kept me up hours past my bedtime. The author expressively develops a suspenseful, unexpected plot. I would highly recommend this book to all who enjoy mystery and suspense. This one is a keeper. Where's the hard back? RJ/California
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Summary: Midwest Book Review says "thrilling read"....
Review: Troubled heroes fascinate me, especially when they live by their own code of decency. Mr. Nelson's Andy Paul is my kind of hero! Andy is strong and capable, a loner who can't fully escape his past as a Navy SEAL. He travels the world as a photographer, capturing beauty and human pathos with the camera's eye, trying to live down what he considers failure as a SEAL commander. The reader doesn't learn about the origin of Andy's nightmares straightaway. He thinks his solitary thoughts on a much anticipated fishing trip in the Ozark Mountains. Andy welcomes isolation, and seeks to refresh a world weary spirit with the rugged beauty of his surroundings. . His underlying decency and humor come to the fore when he meets Fran Whitler, a widowed mother who keeps a secret past to herself. Their attraction for each other is immediate, and then Fran's hidden past returns to haunt them both. Andy is drawn into Fran's nightmare, and in the process must relive his own shadowed past. In this first book by Richard Alan Nelson, I found myself at first sharing Andy's love of nature's peace. Descriptive passages of mountain scenery served as a pleasing backdrop to the tension building rapidly around the ex-military hero. While reading, I struggled to "assist" Andy Paul and his top notch SEAL team pals in their unofficial covert rescue of a kidnapped child. It was a thrilling read, regardless of your preferred genre. I won't give any more of the story line away. This author has created an exciting story that proceeds at breakneck speed, with enough twists, turns and surprises to keep the reader guessing. review by L.A. Johnson for Midwest Book Review
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