Thriple3 Cross (Intrigue)
By John Hegenberger
Rough Edges Press
ASIN #BOIIDOVI2C
142 Pages
Price $2.99 Kindle
Rating 4-Stars
His dying mother tells Elliot Cross, a hard case
private detective from Columbus, Ohio, that his missing father was still alive
and needed his help. This is enough to start him on the cold trail, but when a
CIA operative named Fred Lewis says he knows where the missing man is, and that
he was hiding from the mob, Elliot wants to learn more. Things start moving
when he’s introduced to another CIA operative named Ellen Nuevitas. He is taken
to CIA Headquarters to view records, but find they’ve been moved. Later he
finds Fred Lewis dying from a bullet wound, and is told in a dying breath that his
father is in Cuba. This begins the trail to reach Cuba in search of his father,
where he finds lies and hidden motives from everyone involved.
The story is well written, and the plot complicated. With
all the twists, no one may be who they are supposed to be, and some stuff seems
to come from left field at times mudding the water. I also found it a little
curious the way Elliot is allowed to run around with a high government official
with no questions asked by his superiors, and regardless of the wide-spread
corruption, there are always checks and balances even within Cuban politics.
But the author gives us a dandy yarn to pass a few hours in a good book.
Tom Johnson
Detective Mystery Stories
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