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While
this is the eighth book in the Caitlin Strong series, I've not read
the earlier ones yet thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
Caitlin
is a Texas Ranger, the fifth in her family line. She is something
else. She has unique insights into a situation and follows her
intuition. She'll often run into trouble with her superiors but
always manages to see her way through.
Caitlin
receives word that the son of her friend is part of a protest at a Comanche reservation. She soon suspects there is much more to what is
happening at the reservation than a company wanting to drill for oil.
Her concern goes into high gear when the foreman of the oil crew is
horribly murdered. Then all the people in a local restaurant die
within seconds. Caitlin and her friends try to connect
the dots before more people are killed.
This
novel has a complex plot. It is almost like parallel stories
happening at the same time. There is something going on at the
reservation involving a businessman wanting access to what's
underneath the land. His cover is that he is looking for oil but
Caitlin suspects he is seeking something else entirely and something
much more dangerous. Off the reservation is another serious issue
concerning the possibility of ISIS terrorists. Caitlin's friend at
Homeland Security gets her involved in that investigation. That
aspect of the plot includes some angry young Comanche warriors too.
I
enjoyed the novel but found it hard to follow at times. Land takes us
to various places in Texas as he introduces new (to me) characters.
It took me a while to figure out who they were and how they fit
into the story line. We are even taken overseas to a terrorist
compound. Land also takes us back periodically to the 1860s and
Caitlin's great grandfather, also a Texas Ranger, as he deals with a situation similar to what Caitlin faces today.
Besides
enjoying a good thriller, I learned some history of Texas too. The
current protests by the Comanche are related to attempts by John D.
Rockefeller to get oil from Texas lands back in the 1860s. The
Native American territorial rights are an issue as big corporations
try to gain access to treaty lands. This issue is something out of
today's newspaper. (Land notes that he took freedom placing
Rockefeller in the historical story.)
I
enjoyed Land's writing style, mixing a bit of fantasy with mystery
and suspense. Readers who enjoy a contemporary mystery involving
potential terrorists will like this novel. Readers who enjoy learning
some history will like it too. Readers who appreciate a gutsy female
heroine who will not let a situation go until it is solved will like
it too.
I
was disappointed to find that this novel contains a graphic sex
scene, a rape, and vulgar language. Other than that, a good novel
with plenty of suspense.
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am taking part in a blog tour of this book. Click here to view the 'Strong Cold Dead by Jon Land' Tour Participants.
You can read an excerpt here.
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My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Jon
Land is a USA Today bestselling author of 38 novels, including eight
in the Caitlin Strong Series. Strong Rain Falling was the winner of
the 2014 International Book Award and 2013 USA Best Book Award for
Mystery-Suspense. Strong Darkness was a winner of the 2014 USA Books
Best Book Award and the 2015 International Book Award for Thriller.
Strong Light of Day won the 2016 International Book Award for Best
Thriller-Adventure, the 2015 Books and Author Award for Best Mystery
Thriller, and the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Award for Best Mystery. He
is a 1979 graduate of Brown University and lives in Providence, Rhode
Island. You can find out more about him at his website and follow him
on Twitter and Facebook.
Book
Details: Thriller
Publisher:
Forge Books
Publication
Date: October 4, 2016
Number
of pages: 352
ISBN:
0765335131 (ISBN13: 9780765335135
Series:
Caitlin Strong Novel #8
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