In recognition for his role in solving the Japantown
murders in San Francisco, antiques dealer and sometime-PI Jim Brodie has just
been brought on as the liaison for the mayor’s new Pacific Rim Friendship
Program. Brodie in turn recruits his friend, the renowned Japanese artist Ken
Nobuki, and after a promising meeting with city officials and a picture-perfect
photo op, Brodie and Nobuki leave City Hall for a waiting limo.
But as soon as they exit the building, a sniper attacks
them from the roof of the Asian Art Museum. Quick thinking allows Brodie to
escape, but Nobuki ends up hospitalized and in a coma. Brodie soon realizes
that, with the suspicious and untimely death of Nobuki’s oldest son a week
earlier in Napa Valley, someone may be targeting his friend’s family—and
killing them off one by one.
Suspects are nearly too numerous to
name—and could be in the United States or anywhere along the Pacific Rim. The
quest for answers takes Brodie from his beloved San Francisco to Washington,
DC, in a confrontation with the DHS, the CIA, and the FBI; then on to Tokyo,
Kyoto, and beyond, in search of what his Japanese sources tell him is a
legendary killer in both senses of the word—said to be more rumor than real,
but deadlier than anything else they’ve ever encountered if the whispers
are true.
PACIFIC BURN (International Thriller)
By Barry Lancet
Simon & Shuster
ISBN # 978-1476794884
Price $26.00 (hardback)
368 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Smooth Writing, Fast Paced, And Non-Stop Action.”
A murder in Napa Valley brings Jim Brodie into the case.
Brodie, a dealer of Japanese and oriental objects
de art, is an expert on Japanese language and culture. The Napa Valley
murder involved a Japanese male, and his son was a witness, and the police need
Brodie’s help in translating. The murder may also tie in with the mayor’s
wishes to unite his city with the Pacific Rim Friendship program. In fact, the
father of the Napa Valley dead man is shot on the City Hall steps, and might
die from the wound.
Brodie is pulled even deeper into the case when the Nobuki
daughter is also targeted, and government agents of the CIA, FBI, and DHS try
to derail him and arrest the Japanese girl. The case has deeper significance as
an assassin called the Steam Walker is hired to kill the Nobuki family and Jim
Brodie. So far, the assassin hasn’t failed in a mission, and his martial arts
skills are far beyond that of Jim Brodie.
This was another fast paced action thriller that takes
place in America and Japan. The writing is smooth, and the characters come
alive. The plot has many twists, until the mastermind behind the assassin is
finally uncovered, and the assassin unmasked. This is topnotch story telling
from the first page to the last. Highly recommended for thriller and action
lovers.
Tom Johnson
Author of THE PULP DETECTIVES
Can't wait for this to come out.
ReplyDeleteIt should be released in a couple days. A good story, and easy read. Moves fast. Brodie takes a lot of lumps.
ReplyDeleteI have the first two books in the series. I'm glad to hear that Lancet kept up his momentum.
ReplyDeleteAs good as the first two! Brodie isn't as much of whiner in this one, and the love interest from the last book is back.
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