I have two reasons for this fascination:
1) His sense of humor is uncommon and his jokes, diatribes and observations about life help me smile through the drool.
2) The man can write. Period. Like, demon powered.
If you haven’t read any of his stuff, do so, and do so now. Can’t decide which riproaringly crazily paced thriller to begin with? (Yes, another dangling preposition. Get used to it. That’s how we speak.)
Try this one: Fatal Exchange. Just when you think it’s about an international currency scam involving a small Asian country and the highest levels of the U.S. government, which it is, you get smacked in the face by the sexiest main character ever created, Tess Gideon. She’s a bicycle messenger on the streets of New York trying to “find herself” while working every muscle in her lean, taut and tattoo covered body in a race to deliver her daily intra-office correspondence on time. Not only is Tess beautiful, sensual and sultry she’s also quite intelligent and hides a soul that could change the world if it was released.
Don’t worry, there’s plenty of trademark Russell Blake action and suspense to go along with the breakneck pace of this novel as the story develops from a small apartment in Myanmar through a run down tenement building in New York City, finally erupting in the offices of the U.S. Treasury. Like all his books, Mr. Blake has chosen a plot that sounds too believable to NOT be true.
And there’s Tess. Dark hair, green eyes. And bad guys chasing her. Yes, please.
Fatal Exchange can be found next to all of the Russell Blake titles on Amazon and his website, russellblake.com
Thanks so much for the killer review. Glad you enjoyed Fatal Exchange. Tess is indeed a way cool character, and all that. And that. And that too.
Wait till you read King of Swords and Night of the Assassin. Holy Sh#t. Really. As in, you’ll be saying it out loud as you read. Just saying.
You’re a good bud, my friend. And a skilled wordsmith.