Blind Justice: A Thriller. Ethan Cross. The Story Plant. August 2015. 352 pp. ASIN#: B00ZRR4XG.
Deacon
Munroe, a blind investigator, is called to work on the deaths of a friend, a
top-ranking general and his wife. The
reader already knows that the General died without revealing what his killer
demands to know. However, the killer
makes the General kill himself and so it looks like the General killed his wife
and then himself. But Deacon, a
remarkably skilled investigator, immediately realizes something is wrong with
the crime scene. And so begins an unbelievable tale in which there is a far
larger conspiracy to carry out a drone terrorist attack in the middle of
Washington, D.C. at the National Mall.
This
is a middle-sized novel that packs enough action that it’s over the top of
tension. The extremely perceptive skills
of Deacon Munroe, accompanied with a calming sense of class and style, make the
entire story fascinating as the rest of it feels like a montage of every crime
novel that’s been written in the last five years. The success of a crime or thriller novel lies
in including something unique that can’t be found in any other story or a
particular style that enhances the stereotypical criminal story. Deacon Munroe is that person!
Early
on in the story, Munroe, suffers a great loss and soon thereafter he realizes
that he’s always been in love with his late friend’s sister. But the hunt for answers lies larger than
that attraction and Annabelle is not ready for Munroe’s brief attempts to get
closer.
The
task at hand is to stop a killer from getting his hands on something that could
be responsible for a chemical attack that would kill thousands.
I’m
not sure how I felt about this novel riddled with deaths, violence and
surprising evil. No break in the action
allows one to grab one’s breath. The
reality of the possible terrorist action being planned is probably what is
responsible for the tension one feels while waiting for how this action will
unfold!
Nice
characterization and plot, Ethan Cross! Great for lovers of the mystery and crime
genres!
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