Betrayal: A Novel (Dismas Hardy)
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"RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "LESCROART FINALLY ADDS SOME ACTION AND GOES TO WAR!"
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I am a loyal Lescroart reader and have read all his books. But to be frank the last few years have produced humdrum story lines. During this time period the main protagonists attorney Dismas Hardy and his best friend detective Abe Glitsky have aged, and the author's razor sharp "street-fighting" edgy story telling has dulled along with them. The readers adrenaline used to be jump started as we read about tense scenes where Dismas would take matters into his own hands in his battle for truth and justice, and more times than not the following morning would be faced through a fog of alcohol over indulgence. The reader was now left with Dismas talking about his "BLACK CAST-IRON FRYING PAN" that hung on a marlin fishhook over the stove along with intricate descriptions of all the ingredients he mixed into his meals. And how many times do the readers need to be told that his angel of a wife Frannie has red hair?
With the release of "BETRAYAL" Lescroart has once again bared his rapier sharp writing "chops". The guts of the story takes place in Iraq during the current war. Twenty-six-year-old Second Lieutenant Evan Scholler a National Guardsman from Northern California and his men are activated and deployed to Iraq. When they get there, no one in the American command even knew they were coming. They come into contact with Allstrong Security, an American contracting company. Two members of Allstrong, Jack Allstrong, the owner and Ron Nolan, a senior official, will change Evan Scholler's and his loved ones lives forever! The scenes in Iraq are described as if they were ripped from the headlines all of America has been reading about for the last five years: Shady contactors, death all around you, and young lovers separated by continents and the distance of war. You'll read about contractors similar to Halliburton making insane amounts of money, and millions of dollars of cash being handed out and carried around in backpacks as if it were an everyday occurrence. Jack and Ron would drink scotch and play catch with a plastic-wrapped bundle of five hundred - hundred dollar bills - FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! Payoffs and kickbacks are as prevalent as sand in the desert. Then of course there is the battle for life and death on every street where every person and every car is a potential suicide bomber. Split second decisions have to be made that decide whether entire platoons will live or will die. And only the Americans have that life-determining decision burdened with the extra weight of "THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT." When Evan is critically wounded in just such a battle, Ron Nolan of Allstrong is the one who makes the decision that will become one of the most crucial events in this captivating story. One of the many serious wounds that Evan endured was a massive brain injury. As I am a brain tumor survivor, I must complement the author's description of what it is like to survive and endure the harrowing fight to recover the most basic memory capabilities that most people take for granted. I could not remember what a lamp or a dresser was, and Evan during Christmas couldn't remember what those animals were called that flew and pulled Santa's sled. The author was "SPOT-ON"!
The story makes its way back from Iraq to Northern California and the reader is expertly led down a path surrounded by murder, lies, love, legalities, investigations, cover-ups, prison... and yes "BETRAYAL"! Lescroart is back, better than ever. I recommend this book highly!
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