“Day exhibits an unerring ability to build suspense.” —Publishers WeeklyDoc Justice is Jack Reacher without the folding toothbrush.Two army Rangers hunt Taliban warlords in Afghanistan.A trio of civilian contractors stumble across millions in war-torn Kurdistan. When Sergeants Driver and Justice buy a pair of horses with stolen CIA money an armchair general settles an old score. One soldier is … pair of horses with stolen CIA money an armchair general settles an old score. One soldier is assigned to embassy guard duty, and the other finds himself back home in civilian clothes.
The contractors hide the cash in a tank truck filled with deadly insecticide.
An Army Civil Affairs officer sees an opportunity to turn personal disaster to triumph when he helps the contractors get their loot back home.
Back home is a small town in rural Pennsylvania, where the three start spending like the proverbial drunken sailors, and the town’s chief of police sees an opportunity to get his hands on the shrink-wrapped bundles of cash still inside the truck. If the army officer, leaving dead bodies in his wake, doesn’t get there first.
When one of the bodies is Doc’s best friend, a call from the sister brings Justice to the town of Shaleville.
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—“A fast-paced action thriller with lots of chaos and drama with a touch of humor.”
—“I just love the way Day’s mind works–so many twists and turns! His deeply-developed characters and his wonderful facility with words add extra layers of entertainment.”
“Mr. Day’s prose flows along unfalteringly, with no wasted motion and with a keen feeling for structure. From the opening pages there is a sense of purpose and development.”—New York Times.
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Shaleville is a dying coal town where the major source of income is unemployment checks and the hours are filled by drinking beer at the old hotel, run by the granddaughter of a crippled Vietnam vet.
The bank is run by the grandson of the founder, and he sees the sudden influx of dirty cash as a chance to turn a blind eye to federal banking regulations.
The chief of the five man police force is a retired military cop, and wants to solve the murders, but the temptation of millions in cash get in the way.
Justice’s best friend is killed in the hotel, and his death is staged as a suicide. Justice isn’t buying it, and sets out to find the guilty party, even as the police chief stands in his way.
Doc builds a sweat lodge, and uses a purification ceremony to help his friend’s sister deal with his death.
“I never saw stars like this, in Philadelphia. Too many city lights.” She pointed north. “That’s the Big Dipper.”
“The one ever’body knows. Ursa Major. Native Americans say the bowl is a giant bear, and the three stars on the handle are warriors, chasing it.”
He leaned forward, added fuel to the fire. “In Fall the constellation is low in the sky, so they believe the bear was injured by the hunters, and its blood makes the leaves red.” He reached for a stick, sketched the shape in the sandy clearing. “The two stars here, you draw a line five times as long as the distance from this’n to that’n, you got Polaris. The North Star.”
“And?”
“And you can use it, to find your way.”
“I’m better at finding my way with a street map. Or my cellphone, when I get lost.”
“Yes’m, that works. Only, sometimes you got to stand on your own. When you don’t have a map, ain’t got no one to call.”
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Dirty Money Murders
(Disclaimer: I was provided a kindle Advanced Readers Copy [ARC] of the book. I read it and provided my honest review.) Dirty Money, A Bob Justice Thriller by Deforest Day is action packed from the first page through the last page. The main character drives a large portion of the action adventure. Kudos to the author who spent the time and did a great job with character building ensuring there was depth, width and breadth of all the characters to carry the roles assigned. It is certainly a strength of the book. As a reader, I feel the book is a suspenseful murder mystery just short of a thriller. Overall, it is the action-adventure coupled with the mystery surrounding the death of the main character’s friend and partner, that drives’ the reading and page-turner dynamic. MY RECOMMENDATION: If you like a mix of a murder mystery with action adventure then Dirty Money may be a book you might like. –Tex.
I have to tell you, this book nearly drove me to drink, and not in a good way. It was the most confusing, apparently thrown together book I have ever read. I nearly gave up on it several times, but I can be rather stubborn. To show what I mean about confusing and apparently thrown together, there is a character who was introduced in the first chapter that I STILL don’t have a clue who he really was or what bearing he had on the story. One reviewer said he thought he had accidentally downloaded The Three Stooges and I can so relate to that feeling. I was totally lost the first four chapters and frustrated for quite a few more. Then I read a review that said if you could hang on until after Chapter 20 it would be worthwhile; so I did and the reviewer was right. I almost felt like another author took over because the story really came together after that and I very much enjoyed it. I SO wanted the bad guy to get his comeuppance and he did!! I did have an issue with the author’s style. He never met a word that he didn’t think could be improved by capitalizing it whether it was appropriate or not and his opinion of southern speech leaves much to be desired. However, with all my complaints and confusion, I am really glad that I stuck with the story until the end. I don’t think I’ll be reading another one though. I’m not sure my nerves can take it!
Love the book. As a vet myself can say that you do not piss off someone who had your career in their hands.
But that is only in the beginning , the rest of the story is stateside. Good characters, though there are a few I would like to hit upside their head. Come on really. Read and see for yourself. Easy to read and follow.
Adding this author to my reading list of authors that I like to read.
Note: ARC and this my honest and freely given review.