A recently published novel with a whole lot of suspense is entitled, “Red Room,” by Ridley Pearson. This is book three of the
Risk Agent series. The first chapter begins with two individuals, Alpha and
Beta gaming a Turkish FedEx delivery man in a safe part of Istanbul. One trips the FedEx man while the other
swiftly but quickly enters the delivery van and switches medicine bound for the
Florence Nightingale Hospital. The
undercover scam is successful. Protagonist John Knox enters center stage in the
next chapter. He has been summoned by
none other than David Dulwich, who he met in Kuwait a few years back. Dulwich
works for the very impressive and very capable Brian Primer, owner and
president of Rutherford Risk. Knox and
Dulwich meet in Hong Kong. Knox is taken deep into a room thirty flights down
where he enters a very secure room enclosed with steel and insulated concrete
walls. It is called the Red Room. Here he is handed an envelope to encourage
his cooperation with a job Rutherford Risk expects him to take on. Another
acquaintance is in Hong Kong as well, Grace Chu. She is also working for
Rutherford Risk. She is their high-tech computer guru who examines financials
of others through nefarious avenues of entry.
Each has their assignment. Their paths become dangerously crossed and
they must re-examine just what each knows about the other. Who is it in this world of intrigue that they
can trust. Are they foe or friend?
Another great suspenseful mystery is entitled, “The Dead Will Tell,” by Linda Castillo. This is
book six of the Kate Burkholder series.
The book starts out with an intense robbery and murder in an Amish home.
Disaster ensues and lives are lost. Then Castillo sends the readers ahead to
the present. Someone is demanding a
meeting. They know his past and are out to manipulate him because of it. He has
just seen a ghost from his past and cannot believe his eyes. After some
circumstances, Police Chief, Kate Burkholder is brought to a murder scene. Find
out all the wicked trails this mystery takes.
