A soldier returns to Albuquerque from Afghanistan with shrapnel embedded in his spine. Fentanyl provides his only relief, and he’s soon addicted and captive of the drug cartels.
With her marriage falling apart, his wife begs Josh Kennelly for help.
Against the warnings of police and the DEA, Josh and his faithful dog Tsar face an adversary more dangerous than the Afghanis and Iraqis.
Josh thinks he can bring the cartel down, but to do so, he’ll have to put those he loves at risk.
If you like clean-cut heroes and fearless dogs, you won’t be able to put down the addictive Josh Kennelly series.
Peter Ralph is a former ‘big four’ chartered accountant who specialized in corporate reconstructions, recoveries, and liquidations. In the reconstructions, he acted as a surgeon chopping away the excess fat. In the recoveries, he was like a lifeguard giving mouth to mouth. In the liquidations, he was a combination of funeral director and forensic investigator.
As a forensic investigator, Peter spent a large part of his career investigating the reasons for corporate collapses and testifying in the courts.
Later he became CEO of one of his recovery clients, a heavy transport equipment designer, and manufacturer that he successfully floated as a public company.
He has a background well suited to writing financial thrillers. In 2012, he was highly commended in the Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards, for his novel about unconventional gas, Dirty Fracking Business.
Just what I like, a new novel right up my alley. Not really a slew of characters, but Mr. Ralph made good use of them. He defined the good guys and did equally well with the bad guys. The plot was good and handled well. All in all, I was taken by this book enough to finish in three days, while I really had little time to read. It looks like I have become a fan.
Can Josh actually help Matt get out from under the cartel and kick his addicton. You won't know if you dont read this enjoyable and well written book. The topics discussed are not pleasant ones, but they exist in the real world.