Book
Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: Crisis Point
Subtitle: (Brad Coulter #1)
Author:
Dwayne Clayden
Genre: Thriller
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 1
Best read after earlier
books in series?
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39284665-crisis-point
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 5/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
Meet Brad Coulter, police officer in Calgary.
He has always wanted to join the police, but his father forced him to go to university
and study. After studying economics and law, he eventually settled for his
career of choice.
Then his partner dies in a confrontation with
an armed gang holding up a money transport. Brad is also hurt and nearly leaves
the police force behind.
Will he be able to find his partner’s and
best friend’s killers or will he fall victim to the gang himself too? And will
he succeed in joining the first tactical unit in Canada?
What
I liked about the book:
This book is action-packed and impossible to
put down.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
There was nothing I disliked about the book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I was sorry when the book finished and would love
to find out what happens next.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
The title suggests this book is first in a
series.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This book is a detective, police action story
and fits in with its peers.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Possibly |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like action-packed police stories, this book
may be the book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Calgary, 1976. Life couldn’t be better for
Brad Coulter, a Calgary cop. Partnered with his best friend, paid to keep the
streets safe from the riff raff. Until a gun battle after an armed robbery leaves
him without his partner and grappling with the sudden burst of criminal
activity in his otherwise quiet city.
A series of Brinks truck robberies escalate,
each one bolder than the last. Cops are losing their lives, and Coulter is
determined to catch the thugs, avenge his partner, and keep the streets safe.
His new partner, Jerry Briscoe, an acerbic
veteran, challenges Coulter to buck up or get out. Briscoe’s tough love gives
Coulter the kick he needs. He applies and wins a spot on the newly developed Tactical
Support Unit.
A lone gunman high on glue, a deadbeat father
and abusive husband, and a small grow op, prepare Coulter and the TSU team for
what is yet to come. The true crisis point that will forever change the face of
a city, and the cops that man its streets.
About
the Author:
DWAYNE
combines his knowledge and experience as a police officer and paramedic to
write realistic crime thrillers.
CRISIS
POINT, Dwayne’s first novel, was a finalist for the 2015 Crime Writers of
Canada, Arthur Ellis Awards.
OUTLAWMC
is the second in the Brad Coulter Series.
WOLFMAN
IS BACK, is the third in the Brad Coulter Series.
In
his 40 year career, Dwayne has served as a police officer, paramedic, tactical
paramedic, firefighter, emergency medical services (EMS) chief, educator, and
academic chair.
Dwayne
is a popular speaker at conferences and to writing groups presenting on realistic
police, medical, and paramedic procedures.
The
co-author of four paramedic textbooks, he has spoken internationally at EMS
conferences for the past three decades.
DwayneClayden.com
dwayneclayden@gmail.com
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