"The Oliver Steele Series: Books 4-6", by Graham Tempest

This boxset includes 3 great stories featuring Oliver Steele a financial sleuth with a shady past who plays the role of a “fixer”. If you are in trouble and a friend of his boss you just have to call him and your troubles will vanish. Oliver is sent to Paris, Havana and Johannesburg.

Some highlights:

Book #4”Casino de France”

A nuclear terrorist is poised to destroy Paris. The playboy son of a dictator is financing him. Olive must match wits with a brilliant terrorist.

Book #5 “Casino Havana”

The Castro era is winding down. Rivals are jockeying for position.
Oliver flies to Havana when a friend is kidnapped. He mounts an armed attack on a secret prison island and gets caught up in a battle between a liberal professor and a corrupt police chief.

Book #6 “Joburg Steele”

South Africa’s biggest city, Johannesburg – who steal in the millions and are prone to violence, mean folk who don't mind killing people including Oliver. So what is he to do? In a pinch he has to use violence.

Comments:

Three exciting and captivating stories I had the pleasure to read some time ago and when I was asked to share this offer with you I couldn’t say no to Mr. Tempest. The stories are such page-turner.

What a steal this boxset is. I highly recommend having a close look at this offer.

"The Last High", by Daniel Kalla

This latest is another winner, one of those stories that grab your attention from the start, an awesome medical thriller that deals with the terrible opioid crisis. The Last High (TLH) is carfentanil, a derivative of fentanyl a drug so lethal who ever tries it may end up dead. The story takes place in Vancouver BC one of the cities where the crisis is at the highest level but although this city is in Canada, the crisis is certainly a worldwide occurrence that kills thousands of users. Mr. Kalla, an ER doctor by profession has penned a story of what happens when teens show up in the ER from a deadly drug overdose.

The development is said in alternate chapters from the point of view of ER doctors, the toxicologist, the homicide detectives, the dealers and their associates. The pace is a bit slow at first but as good thriller does it soon springs into action and from then on we are into a rollicking tempo till the very end. The plot has a lot of intrigue and some violence after all dealing with the Triad, major drug gangs and petty dealers, one cannot pussyfoot around. We find a lot of medical jargon and chemical references in the book regarding the illicit drug world; I learned a few things (actually a lot)……and following the cleaver police force at work we find out the tricks they need to do in order to get the drugs off the streets. “Chapeau” to them. Thank you, Mr. Kalla for writing such a lively and timely story to enlighten us as well as for our enjoyment.

I received an ARC from the publisher Simon & Schuster for my thoughts.

"In Pursuit", by John W. Mefford

Ivy Nash Thriller book #2

Redemption Thriller book #8

I love John Mefford’s books because you can rarely figure out how the mystery will turn out, definitely hard to guess who the perpetrator is, who he is pursuing, who might be his next victim, when his next move will be and what gruesome action he will do next. “In Pursuit”, is much darker than anything I have read so far by this author. It is simply spine-chilling, evil and hair-raising. Even with all this, I loved every moment.

We follow two threads seamlessly, jumping between characters and time frames with no confusion. Although the subject matter may be over the top it is smoothly put together so we can read it with ease.

A serial killer is terrorizing San Antonio and the method of murder is beyond macabre. Ivy Nash seemed to be the one intersecting point between the victim and herself. She is pulled into the case by her police friend.

Meanwhile Ivy is on a case of a run-away teen looking for her parents.

M. Mefford once again has created a winning crime thriller with defined characters and a dramatic plot that kept me on the edge of my seat and turning pages furiously. The story is visual; it definitely would make a captivating movie. This is no doubt that books from this author are my kind of books, ones that are captivating from the start and never let go.

I am a huge fan of this author, I simply love the way he writes. This may be the second book in this series but it has been more than a dozen I have read so far. I loved them all.