The Picasso Job by Avanti Centrae Book Review

About the Book:

Chasing justice left Dakota Black a convicted felon. Inside the gray walls of Folsom State Prison, the blond farm boy who wanted to become an FBI agent finds himself mixed up with bow-legged Renoir Reza—a Machiavellian art thief with a deadly hidden agenda—and Cody Winters, the revenge-minded brother of the man Dakota supposedly put in the grave. To escape Winters's attacks, Dakota joins Reza in a fiery jailbreak. They embark on a kamikaze crime spree seeking a five-million-dollar reward.
 
Before the bright lights of Reno are in their rearview mirror, Special Agent Elizabeth Everett and her partner catch the scent of their trail. She arrested Reza before and won't stop until his murderous global plans are snuffed out.
 
With loyalties shifting like the wind, will any of the three fugitives manage to re-steal a Picasso painting? Or will Dakota die trying to walk a tightrope between survival and virtue?

My Review:

This is a very interesting thriller and one I enjoyed. I have read the VanOps adventures and was pleasantly surprised with an entirely different plot. A prison break and a cross country chase provide lots of action. The FBI is on them because one fellow is a terrorist. The others? There are good guys and bad guys but with twists at the end, not all bad guys were as bad as I thought.

Lots of action and good character development made this thriller a good one to read. The Author's Note was very informative, giving facts about the plot. And the best part is that one of the fellows survived. I hope he will be in future novels.

My rating: 4/5 stars.

About the Author:

Avanti Centrae is an adrenaline junkie who drives too fast and loves to tell stories that make readers' hearts pound faster.

She's honored to have won fourteen literary awards, including a Chanticleer Genre grand prize for both THE LOST POWER and SOLSTICE SHADOWS. CLEOPATRA'S VENDETTA took home a gold medal at the Readers’ Favorite Awards ceremony.

Avanti has spent time in a spectrum of professions, from lifeguard and raft guide to Silicon Valley IT executive. When not traveling the world or hiking in the Sierra mountains, she’s writing her next thriller in Northern California, helped by her family and distracted by her German shepherds.

Thunder Creek Press, 336 pages.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)