Review: Duke City Hit – Max Austin
Publisher: Alibi (December 16, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: n/a ISBN-13: 978-n/a |
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Characters:
Vic Walters – Hit Man for Hire.
Penny Randall – Vic’s friend and job coordinator.
Synopsis:
A hit man finds that someone is arriving at his jobs before he does. When he discovers who the mysterious second gunman is, he’s pulled into a web of lies that will require all his skills to untangle.
Review
This was a fast paced, interesting story. My one complaint is that it ended too soon. I was really enjoying the story and the characters. Luckily for me, the author has said that they will be back in a future book. The characters were well developed and felt like real people, well real people who work at killing other people. But everyone has to have some kind of skills.
The plot was well laid out and by the end of the story, all the pieces fit properly together. One slight drawback is that one of the big twists may have been telegraphed a little too much, and at least to me didn’t come as the big shock that I think it was intended to be. However, that didn’t detract from the overall enjoyment of the book.
The book is definitely for older teens and adults due to the violent tone of the book as well as some strong language. Overall though, it was a very enjoyable story that I look forward to following up in future books.
About the Author
Max Austin is the pseudonym of writer Steve Brewer. He lives in Duke City (Albuquerque), New Mexico. |
*Disclaimer* A special thanks goes out to Lisa at TLC Book Tours for a review copy of this book. It in no way influenced my review. You can discuss it here or join my facebook page and discuss it there.
December 12th, 2014 at 8:27 am
Thanks for the nice review, Rick!
December 13th, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Thanks for being a part of the tour!
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