An electrifying debut crime thriller. “A page-turner for sure and darn hard to put down . . . Readers of mysteries will not be disappointed.”–Donald J. Porter, author of Flight Failure Pilot Jake Silver is haunted by a cruel irony–he secretly suspects that he’s the reason Swede Bergstrom, the hero who saved his life, has fallen on hard times. Upon learning that Swede has been killed during … that Swede has been killed during the commission of a crime, the guilt-driven Jake too-willingly agrees to follow Swede’s mysterious and beautiful sister, Christina, on a search to clear her brother’s name. Their odyssey takes them from the canyons of Manhattan to the heart of darkness itself, enlisting the help of colorful characters and dodging death every step of the way.
But is the alluring Christina the loving sister she appears to be, or evil incarnate? The body of a woman discovered in Jake’s East Side apartment and her killer’s ritualistically brutal M.O. lead NYPD homicide cop Pat Garodnik to suspect the latter.
Combining his efforts with those of Jake’s mother–a former DA with enemies on both sides of the law–the pair embark on an odyssey of their own, going to any lengths necessary, legal or otherwise, to find the truth and save Jake before his time runs out.
Literary and atmospheric, Dom Stasi’s debut thriller will have you turning pages late into the night with its high-flying action and intriguing mystery. As answers continue to be uncovered, the final pieces of the puzzle are as shocking as they are satisfying
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action, mysteries, family-dynamics, friendship
My only complaint was the book’s length because that made it hard for me to find time for meaningful listening. Excellent mystery investigations despite all the diverse venues, plot twists, and over all the suspense held. Most of the male characters were strong and very well portrayed, but the females were rather lacking in a number of ways. Didn’t stop me from enjoying it, however!
The experienced narrator is Bill Nevitt who can make even a dry lecture sound interesting.
I won this book in a giveaway! Yay me!
Never having read anything by this author I did not know what to expect but The Strait is definitely a suspenseful edge-of-your-seat read. Plane crashes, kidnappings, office break-ins, murder, shoot-outs, dangers in the junk yard…wow, it sure kept my interest. From the sky to the depths of the ocean, from the city to the jungles, Dom Stasi knows how to write an adventure mystery story. Strong, vivid characters some who are in mortal danger, fighting for their lives, an interesting plot, and heart-pounding suspense and the pages pretty much turned themselves. With adult langauage and some violence, The Strait is geared for the mature audience. I listened to a complimentary copy of the audiobook and Bill Nevitt did a great job telling Jake and Tina’s story which made for an enjoyable listening experience. I’ll be looking for more from this author. I was not required to write a review and the opinions are my own.
This review is for the audio book.
You better buckle up and hold on tight because this adventure is going to take you deep to the bottom of the sea and flying high In the sky as the mystery tries to get solved. The story is told by several characters from the mother looking for her missing son to the son looking for the kidnapped girl, so the story does jump around a bit but with so much going on in the book it would have been impossible to have it told by only one person. Especially as they each hold different clues to solving the murders. This is a lot more than a suspense novel and covers many areas from drug running, to time during a war, to murder, to kidnapping and all of while you are never sure who to trust and with lots of twists you aren’t even sure how it is going to end and who will make it.
Jake a pilot is distressed to learn the man who saved his life, Swede, has been killed while In the commission of a crime. Then his sister turns up asking for his help, the authorities won’t tell her what happened and won’t even let her see his body. Agreeing to help her sets into motion something that will change his life. She isn’t the only one looking for answers and Jake gets caught in the middle. Back home the young lady he was seeing is brutally murdered in his bed only hours after he left it and with Jake caught on camera breaking in to a morgue where another body is found the police start taking a closer look at Jake. His mother knows he is innocent and starts looking into the flight that killed his friend or more importantly what he was carrying on his plane at the time of the crash. With the authorities giving her the run around she turns to the detective looking in to death of the woman from Jake’s apartment. Can all three of them work out why Swede had to die and clear his name? And will all three of them live long enough to piece the clues together?
I like the narrator he does a good job of keeping a long book interesting the whole way through