SOUND OF BLOOD JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS Book 1 eBook Lawrence De Maria
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“IF YOU LIKE HARD-BOILED ACTION, MEMORABLE VILLAINS AND TWISTY PLOTS, THE JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS NEVER DISAPPOINT!” (John Crudele, New York Post); “A LAWRENCE DE MARIA TITLE GIVES YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN THE BOOK MARKETPLACE TODAY.” (Florida Weekly); “A MASTER OF THRILLER DIALOGUE.” (Washington Independent Review of Books); “WHILE DE MARIA MAY HAVE BEEN AN AWARD-WINNING FINANCIAL REPORTER, HE'S AN AWFULLY GOOD FICTION WRITER AS WELL.” (Naples Daily News)
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Bodies pile up from coast to coast as a private investigator probes a reporter’s grisly death. Uncovering a web of murder, sex, fraud and political corruption, he makes the mistake of falling in love with the beautiful, amoral woman who is the power behind the throne of a rogue billionaire. Together, the lovers set off a chain reaction of revenge that puts them in the crosshairs of brutal mobsters.
If you like thrilling action, crackling dialogue and a tragic love story you won’t soon forget, then SOUND OF BLOOD, the first novel in the Jake Scarne series, is just a click away!
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“Real women, real villains and real heroes make Lawrence De Maria’s SOUND OF BLOOD a terrific read.” (JANET EVANOVICH); “Fast, funny and furious, featuring a femme fatale for the ages and a shocking ending, SOUND OF BLOOD is as good a financial thriller as you can find in today’s fiction.” (John Crudele, NEW YORK POST); “SOUND OF BLOOD is a rollicking good adventure mystery with all the essential ingredients an intrepid private eye, bizarre murders, international intrigue, missing documents, gorgeous women and slippery financial dealings. For those who enjoy dialog of the jocular irony-exaggeration genre, De Maria is a master.” (WASHINGTON INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF BOOKS)
SOUND OF BLOOD JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS Book 1 eBook Lawrence De Maria
Okay, there's part of it that I don't love...the extensive, mind-numbing, swing-by-swing, putt-by-putt golf game that basically serves no purpose and doesn't advance the plot. However, of all the so-called 'thrillers' by this author, this is the only one I've read which is genuinely thrilling (I've read nine, including this). It's easy to tell that the author, a journalist by trade, wrote this relatively early in his fiction career. It has so many grammatical errors that I was constantly being jerked out of the story, and there are problems with pacing, dialogue, sub-plots dropped or crammed in. Despite this, there is a freshness to his voice, a raw energy that is very engaging. I wish I had read this first, instead of ninth, because I'm accustomed to his later, smoother (completely non-thrilling) style of Mystery Lite. This is quite unlike his later novels. The plot and sub-plots are largely over-the-top, with parodies of Rupert Murdoch and a cartoonish, unrealistic background for the Lethal Lovely involved. Our hero, Jake Scarne, finds himself investigating a possible homicide, but the reader already knows every detail of it, including whodunit and possibly why. There are long digressions on the stock market and that interminable golf game. But the zest of the writing earns it four stars.Product details
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SOUND OF BLOOD JAKE SCARNE THRILLERS Book 1 eBook Lawrence De Maria Reviews
This was one well written, solid book. Loads of action.
Jake Scarne is a NY City PI. He's been a PI for eight years.
Jake also worked as a cop for the NYPD. He kinda sorta got kicked off the force when he almost threw a city councilman off a balcony at City Hall.
The councilman bribed a witness in one of Jakes cases. The rapist, who was the cousin of a major contributor to the councilmans campaigns, got off. Jake still thinks he should have thrown the councilman off that balcony.
Jakes orginally from out west. He was raised by his grandfather when his parents were killed in a plane crash. His grandmother died shortly after so it was he and gramps.
Jake is part native American via his grandmother and Italian through his grandfather.
Jake was a marine in the current set of wars. He was captured, tortured and escaped. He's got medals. They sit in his bureau drawer. He never talks about that war. To many memories.
The book starts off with a couple of assassins who kill a guy fishing in the surf on a Florida beach.
Everyone thinks his death was an accident. Everyone but his dad. Sheldon Shields.
Sheldon is the older brother of Randolph Shields the head of one of the largest media companies in the nation.
Sheldon asks Jake to meet him for lunch. Jake hasn't got a clue why but meets the man.
Sheldon and he talk about many things. One of those things is Joshua Lawrence Chamberlaine.
I applaud the author for included Joshua Lawrence Chamberlaine in this very good story.
Anyone Civil War buff immediately recognizes Chamberlain.
As the author states, Chamberlain was a Civil War leaderl. He's one leader I greatly admire. He and his 20th Maine held Little Round Top during the battle of Gettysburg. He and the 20th Maine saved the battle and quite possibly the war for the Union. Chamberlain was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his day on Little Round Top.
One of the amazing things about Chamberlain is that he was a college professor. He knew nothing about being a soldier. He taught himself about tactics and soldierinig by reading everything he could find on the subject. He was one amazing man.
Chamberlaine is someone Sheldon so admires that he named his son after him.
He tells Jake that he doesn't think his sons death was an accident. He thinks Victor Ballantrea, the current darling of Wall Street, had him killed. Josh was a reporter working on a story about the Ballantrea organization.
Jake is taken aback by this but decides to go to Florida and do some checking. He really likes Sheldon Shields and hopes he can find enough evidence to prove Josh's death was an accident and put the mans mind to rest.
Boy how wrong Jake turns out to be. This is one hell of a who dunnit. There are assasins, underworld figures, death, murder, attempted murder and a femme fatale who knocks Jake right off his feet.
One great read and well worth those skimpy five stars.
In an attempt to avoid spoilers I'll try to be vague.
Jake Scarne is an ex-cop turned private investigator hired by grieving father Sheldon Shields to investigate the death of his beloved son, Josh. The police believe it was an accidental death, or possibly a suicide, but Sheldon refuses to accept this. Jake begins investigating the death and soon learns that things are not as straightforward as they seem.
While working as a reporter for a Florida Newspaper, Josh investigated a financial group run by Victor Balantrae, and learned something about it that might have gotten him killed. Jake eventually discovers what happened to Josh and wraps things up in a satisfying fashion.
Along the way he falls in love with Alana Loeb, Balantrae's chief of staff, a woman who is deeply immersed in all the activities of her company. I would have loved for Jake and Alana to have somehow made it as a couple, but the author wisely chose not to pursue such an unrealistic scenario. The final scene where they are together (along with some bad guys) is strangely moving, despite its conclusion.
The characters in the novel are varied, interesting and well rounded, although some of the mob characters seemed a little clichéd. The book would make an incredible movie, at least on par (see what I did there?) with Jason Bourne.
Okay, there's part of it that I don't love...the extensive, mind-numbing, swing-by-swing, putt-by-putt golf game that basically serves no purpose and doesn't advance the plot. However, of all the so-called 'thrillers' by this author, this is the only one I've read which is genuinely thrilling (I've read nine, including this). It's easy to tell that the author, a journalist by trade, wrote this relatively early in his fiction career. It has so many grammatical errors that I was constantly being jerked out of the story, and there are problems with pacing, dialogue, sub-plots dropped or crammed in. Despite this, there is a freshness to his voice, a raw energy that is very engaging. I wish I had read this first, instead of ninth, because I'm accustomed to his later, smoother (completely non-thrilling) style of Mystery Lite. This is quite unlike his later novels. The plot and sub-plots are largely over-the-top, with parodies of Rupert Murdoch and a cartoonish, unrealistic background for the Lethal Lovely involved. Our hero, Jake Scarne, finds himself investigating a possible homicide, but the reader already knows every detail of it, including whodunit and possibly why. There are long digressions on the stock market and that interminable golf game. But the zest of the writing earns it four stars.
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