Book Review
Basic Details:
Book Title: Against Blood
Subtitle: (A Detective Cliff
Husto Thriller Book 2)
Author:
Jack King
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Part of a series? Yes
Order in series: 2
Best read after earlier
books in series? Can be read as stand-alone
Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55043105-against-blood
Overall
score:
I
scored this book 4/5
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Short
Summary of the book:
Some person or persons unknown have it in for
the military. Several service men are killed in a similar manner. 2 Bombs are
also directed to military targets. Will Cliff Husto be able to solve the crimes
before more lives are taken and before someone is made a scapegoat?
What
I liked about the book:
It was action-filled with twists and turns.
What
I didn’t like about the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
My
least favourite bits in the book:
I enjoyed the entire book.
Any
further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?
This author has written several books in this
genre. It is the second in the series, and I enjoyed the first in te series
too.
What
books could this be compared to and why?
This book is a thriller and quite enjoyable.
It can benefit from some further editing as there are occasional typos.
Recommendation:
In
summary, I would recommend this book for the following readers:
|
Children |
No |
|
Young
Adult |
Maybe |
|
Adult |
Yes |
If
you like thrillers, this book may be the
book for you.
I’m
certainly looking forward to reading more by this author.
Book
Description by Author:
Houston is falling apart. Gang violence in
the streets, crazed neo-fascist cults, and violent mischief abound, steeping the
Texas city in chaos and bedlam. And to make matters worse, twisted half-truths
and mounting conspiracies behind closed doors threaten to set the worst of the
worst against each other in an all-out city-wide war for power and vengeance.
As tension mounts and deadly plans are made, HPD senior detective Cliff Husto
is reluctantly drawn into the fray.
But when what he thinks are just minnows in a
sea of crime devolve into a series of inexplicably clean murders of military
personnel, Husto is faced with his most baffling case yet. The detective must
now unravel the web of conspiracies and vendettas entangling Desert Storm
veterans suffering from PTSD, a group of Islamic college students on the path
to radicalization, and hard-line, racist American nationalists. Husto must
extinguish the rapidly spreading criminal wildfire tearing through the streets
of the city before it is too late.
About
the Author:
Born in
Tennessee to a military family, Jack King grew up crisscrossing the USA, twice
living on the west and east coasts, and several states in between. Upon
obtaining graduate degrees in both business and history, Mr. King began a
successful sales and marketing career, working for Fortune 500, mid-sized, and
start-up firms along the way.
After years
of moving place to place, King settled in Plano, Texas where he lives with his
wife and six dachshunds: parents Barney & Truffles, and their puppies
Streak, Cherry, Princess, and Boy Dog.
King weaves
common themes into his stories, using historical adventure and danger, exotic
or unusual locales and time periods, seasoned with bits of stirring romance.
Mr. King
writes novels for young adults as well as for grown-ups.
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