The Last Call ...For Real Revival

by Henry Simpson

Mike Riley fled his abusive home at age seventeen, joined the Marines, and spent the next decade as a combat rifleman in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hot spots. After leaving the Marines, he trained as an Emergency Medical Technician. He was just getting settled in his new life when his mother sent an email saying her life was in danger asking for his help. Once back home in Reno, he found she had gone missing, thugs assaulted him, attempts were made on his life, and he learned of murders his family may have been involved in. What next?

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About the author

Henry Simpson is the author of several popular murder mysteries featuring mobster lawyer Joe Costa (Death on the Strand, Golden Girl, Joe Costa’s Lonely Hearts, Joey Costa’s Law, Joey Costa’s New Game, Open House, Princess Lily, Some Kind of Genius) and Special Agent Ed Lane (A Splendid Little Murder, Island of Sprits, Finding Elysium) as well as short stories in literary magazines and anthologies. His fiction is character-based and usually has a plot involving greed, revenge, abuse of power, revenge, jealousy, flimflammery in arts or religion, the unsettled nature of reality, or achieving the American dream. He is married, lives in Monterey, California, and has two adult children and five grandchildren. Writers whose fiction he admires include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Truman Capote, Raymond Chandler, George V. Higgins, James Crumley, and James Dickey. His early influences were Boy Scouts, an urban high school, jazz musicians, surfers, street racers, juvenile delinquents, and a probation officer. At age eighteen, he joined the Marine Corps Reserve and began college. He studied engineering, did graduate work in English and Psychology, and holds a PhD from UCSB. He spent most of his professional career at small consulting companies as a military research psychologist, and worked independently as a software engineer, security consultant, real estate hack, and free lance writer while writing fiction on the side. He welcomes readers to his Facebook page or contact him at woodcrest400@yahoo.com.

Reviews

[Candy Rayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mike had a tough life growing up, as his mother was very deceptive and dealt with a shady group of people, especially in her love life. As soon as he could, Mike joined the Marines. He was hoping the love of his life Virginia would join him. But as soon as he went away he received a dear john letter from her. He didn't know she was holding back a secret that could really hurt him. When his mother wrote and told him that she felt her life was in danger Mike went back to his home town to begin unraveling his family's deep secrets that caused and will continue to cause pain in his life. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about how a family's lies and secrets can come back and bite them in the butt!

[Carlos mutua · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining

Having read other many books by Henry I wasn’t expecting less. The characters are well developed and episode systematically synchronized.