Set in New York, Matt DeMarco is an accomplished Manhattan attorney. His marriage ended badly and his ex-wife turned his son, Michael, against him. She went on to marry a very successful Arab businessman that complicates Matts life even more. They are out of town so Michael, now a graduate student, is staying with him. He thought things were bad when two of his sons friends stopped by. There was just something off about them.
Later that night life goes out of control when two police officers he has known for years appear at his door with a warrant for his sons arrest. He is the prime suspect in a murder, Michael s girlfriend has been found dead.
Matt is forced to quit his job and do everything he can do to clear his son, who he believes with all he heart and knowledge that he is innocent. The battle begins taking him places he never imagined existed.
Dollycass Thoughts
This is the second book I have read in the last 2 weeks where a father is fighting to save his son. This is definitely the better story of the two.
It is an intense look at the lengths parents go to save and protect their children, with an engaging mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The pain, sacrifice, and anguish jump right off the page.
This is not the first LePore novel I have enjoyed. He has the knack of creating characters readers care about and complex plots that put them in danger. The international element mirrors reality prevalent in the world today. The story is well researched, there are no procedural gaffs that are usually present in the kind of novel. Like his other stories this one has the ripped from the headlines feel.
This thriller is A Perfect Escape, sit back and enjoy this fast paced dramatic ride, you will not be able to put it down!
Later that night life goes out of control when two police officers he has known for years appear at his door with a warrant for his sons arrest. He is the prime suspect in a murder, Michael s girlfriend has been found dead.
Matt is forced to quit his job and do everything he can do to clear his son, who he believes with all he heart and knowledge that he is innocent. The battle begins taking him places he never imagined existed.
Dollycass Thoughts
This is the second book I have read in the last 2 weeks where a father is fighting to save his son. This is definitely the better story of the two.
It is an intense look at the lengths parents go to save and protect their children, with an engaging mystery that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The pain, sacrifice, and anguish jump right off the page.
This is not the first LePore novel I have enjoyed. He has the knack of creating characters readers care about and complex plots that put them in danger. The international element mirrors reality prevalent in the world today. The story is well researched, there are no procedural gaffs that are usually present in the kind of novel. Like his other stories this one has the ripped from the headlines feel.
This thriller is A Perfect Escape, sit back and enjoy this fast paced dramatic ride, you will not be able to put it down!
With such an eerie cover, you can assume from the get go that this book will not be full of sunshine and rainbows. From the beginning the reader is hooked into a roller coaster of a story with a very large cast of characters that intermingle and switch sides from good to evil. At the center of this story is a father and son, the son Michael, not to be confused with the father who is Matt (I may have had some confusion!) is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Beyond the murder accusation is an international scandal between the United States and Syria which involves many people with some undercover dealings.
The hardest part of this book was keeping straight the large cast of characters, who was a FBI agent, a NYPD officer, pro-Syria, and so on. They each had an interest in the politics that were underneath the murder accusation. Having to diagram the characters was hard and took away from the flow of the book. If you can wrangle in all the characters, this book is a great who dun it with an international twist.
The hardest part of this book was keeping straight the large cast of characters, who was a FBI agent, a NYPD officer, pro-Syria, and so on. They each had an interest in the politics that were underneath the murder accusation. Having to diagram the characters was hard and took away from the flow of the book. If you can wrangle in all the characters, this book is a great who dun it with an international twist.
