Dead Reckoning by Rob Sinclair @RSinclairAuthor @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #crime #thriller #military #bookreview

I am delighted to share my review today for Dead Reckoning by Rob Sinclair. This is the first book in the Simon Peake Thriller series and it is a brilliant intro.

My huge thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for my copy of the book and my slot on the Blog Tour. Also, the publishers Boldwood Books.

The most dangerous people are those with nothing to lose. Who don’t care if they live or die.

Simon Peake does care… he just isn’t sure about what right now. The ex-soldier’s life is as close to rock bottom as it gets.

He needs a job and he needs a quiet life.

What he gets is a whole load of mess working for New York-based Irish mobster Harry Lafferty. A job that requires him to use his special skills on some very unsavory people. His relationship with Harry’s niece isn’t exactly conducive to a quiet existence either…

As Peake tries to walk the fine line between surviving in this new life, and atoning for his old one, he struggles on both counts. And when his past comes back to bite him, and those closest to him are threatened, the reckoning will be merciless for anyone who stands in his way.

MY REVIEW

I have read a few of this author’s books, so I’m glad to see that I have managed to read the first book in a new series. I so often read out of order!

If you are a fan of action-packed, fast-paced thrillers, then this is an author and a book you may want to put on your list. Simon Peake is essentially a loner; he needs money and so ends up working with an Irish American mob boss, Harry Lafferty.

Simon is an ex-soldier; there are details about one of his missions that are told in a back-and-forth style. It fills in some of the details that explain his character, but I feel this is scratching the surface. Peake is hired as a driver for the Laffertys, which gives him the chance to earn some money, but not all the family are in favour of him. They don’t trust him and his calm demeanour.

The jobs he is out on takes him to some interesting places, and there are airport runs and other meetings for him to attend as and when he is called, regardless of his social life. He walks a fine line, and this line is getting blurred, and there is something from his past that is fighting to make itself known.

This author does not shy away from descriptions when it comes to torture, beatings and the seedier side of life. This is set in New York, and it has the feel of the city I know from TV, media and the like. The rough apartments, the dodgy coppers and obviously, the gangs or mobs. Peake’s past and present are laid out, and this back-and-forth works really well. It soon becomes more dangerous than even Peake could ever have been aware of. The author doesn’t hold back! It has left me definitely wanting to know more and follow him into other escapades.

This is a fabulous intro to a new series with a character who has a dodgy moral compass, but sort of for the right reasons! It is a thriller that delves into the life of a soldier, one who has been kicked out and is merely looking to exist. Excellent book and one I would definitely recommend.

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