A Wall Street Journal bestselling series.To stop a terrorist threat, Gibson Vaughn must trust a man who can’t be trusted.Former Marine, brilliant hacker, and wanted fugitive Gibson Vaughn is off the grid in the Caymans. Until the ice-cold assassin Tinsley draws him out of the shadows. Complying with the man who murdered his father and left Gibson for dead? In the war against terror, never say … the war against terror, never say never.
Especially when half a million lives are at stake.
Tinsley’s in possession of a heavily encrypted thumb drive. But the details of the plot—the motive, the targets, and the day of execution—are a mystery. The one certainty is that a tenuous truce must be made. After joining forces with Tinsley, Gibson and his team have their mission: access the drive and abort a massacre in the making.
How far can Gibson really trust Tinsley? Time will tell. Right now they’re both running out of it as they race across Europe to find an elusive cyber-psycho behind the mother of all malware.
Whoever said to keep your friends close but your enemies closer never meant it like this.
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I Was Hooked From The First Few Paragraphs
The Origami Man opens with an old nemesis from the Short Drop, Fred Tinsley, doing what he does best, killing while retrieving a critical thumb drive. Then, he is double-crossed and almost killed by the person who hired him. Everywhere he goes; men are already there looking for him. He turns to Jenn to convince Gibson to crack the encryption on the thumb drive and help him find the person who tried to kill him. An uneasy alliance is struck. Gibson is successful but he finds malware with documentation that indicates that in six months half a million will die. The story takes off from here to determine who the target is and try to stop it.
The action is quite fast paced. Every advance comes after much internal conflict, more unease with the wildcard, Tinsley, gun fights, car chases, and travel all over Europe. Then, with every accomplishment, it’s clear that there are more loose ends that need to be handled. As the plot becomes more complex, the tighter the novel’s grip on my attention became. Several times I chose to continue reading when I should have been doing something else.
The B-storylines brought more depth in understanding the main characters. These threads were woven quite well into the main storyline. Sebastião makes an appearance again and pulls Jenn’s heart strings. There even are B-storylines on Fred and the person who tries to kill him. These threads enriched the novel and reading it.
To address aspects that some reader may find objectionable, there is a noticeable use of vulgar language. For me, this language was appropriate to the context and character, and its use in this novel did not raise a red flag for me. There were not any sex scenes. There a fair share of violence, but here the violence is not overly dwelt upon. The only aspect that I found a little weak was some of the actions of Tinsley, but these for me were minor distractions that did not bother my enjoyment in reading this novel.
This novel was an excellent addition to the Gibson Vaughn series. If you have liked any of the previous novels, I am sure that you will like this one. If you have not read any, you can start with this novel as adequate backstory is provided for the events of previous novels. Overall, I rate this novel with five stars. Enjoy.
I have received a free e-book version of this novel through NetGalley from Thomas & Mercer with an expectation for an honest, unbiased review. I wish to thank Thomas & Mercer for the opportunity to read and review this novel early.
Loved this latest book in the Gibson Vaughn series where Jenn, Hendricks, George, and Gibson face their biggest challenge yet. Still living under the radar, they are approached by an old enemy seeking Gibson’s hacker skills. What is revealed on a small thumb drive sucks the four into a quest to save the world from thousand of innocent deaths. The fast-paced plot never stalls as they face hired killers and murderous gangs, while watching each others backs and untangling deadly cyber codes. I love the humorous banter these characters are constantly throwing at each other. Although their futures are still uncertain, I’m sure the next book will be another winner.
Excellent writing
2 stars . I enjoyed The Short Drop and was surprised by my lack of interest in this book. I couldn’t finish it.
Fantastic Characters, Sass and Wit, and a Fight worth fighting!
I never liked government or spy books. Then I accidentally read the 1st Gibson Vaughn. Gibson and the gang are Back!
I’ve read all of the Gibson Vaughn Series, I loved this one. It did take some time to get moving, but once it did there was no stopping it. There was a lot of action, mind games and some twist. The one thing I that I’ve come to love is the friendship and how the gang has each others backs. I’m not sure what the ending means, it was kind of left up in the air. I appreciate Matthew Fitzsimmons research and detail to everything involved. In my opinion I don’t think you need to read the other books in the series but I would recommend it. There is a lot of reference to previous books but you get enough of background so you are not lost. I did not find this as good as the Short Drop but it’s good. I read on Kindle Unlimited.
The main characters in this book although sometimes against each other start to work together in order to defeat the real evil. A man who does not know love and that rules his life by greed, lack of morals, power and money. It also hints as things should have worked while there still officially was a cold war between USA and Russia. The story also uses technology as a weapon – and it seems quite probable that computer skills could be used in the way described in this book – and I can only hope that industries have the adequate controls and firewalls to avoid (or at least minimize these types of risks). I´ll certainly be looking forward to reading the next book in this series.
I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest opinion.
In this fifth installment to author Matthew Fitzsimmons’ Gibson Vaughn series, Gibson and gang return to form an unlikely alliance with Gibson’s greatest nemesis–the assassin Tinsley—in an attempt to stop a cyber-attack that could cost millions of lives.
Despite this not being my typical genre, I have been hooked on the Gibson Vaughn series from the very first book. With “Origami Man, Matthew Fitzsimmons delivers a masterful, multi-layered story that is both clever and action-packed and stands up well against the subsequent books in this utterly gripping series.
As long as this author continues to crank out books, I will read them with eager anticipation. Truly, I am a Gibson Vaughn fan for life!