Decency

by Rex Fuller

You are notified you are psychologically unfit and will be fired and there is nothing you can do about it. Think it can’t happen? The U.S. Intelligence Community labels people under its control as psychologically deficient, free of legal recourse. A mole in NSA uses this to cover his work for the Chinese. He kills Samantha Pierce a brilliant computer scientist when she discovers him. Kelly Hawkins, a lawyer hired by Samantha’s parents to clear her name, must do so with little or no legal ground to stand on. What little she does have goes up in smoke and she is forced to resign from her firm. Still, she has to find the mole before he kills again and escapes.

332 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2012

About the author

Rex Fuller was born in Kansas City to a farmer's daughter and a seaman's son, in the Baby Boom's first wave. Raised in small towns of the heartland, within a day's drive west of the Mississippi, he attended Catholic schools and is still married to his high school sweetheart. He holds degrees from the University of Nebraska (BA & JD) and George Washington University (LLM). He was stationed as a military lawyer throughout the United States, often in "the Building," and in Europe. He is now a self-employed lawyer in Southern Maryland and is blessed with his wife, and grown son and daughter, all unimaginably beautiful.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

From a slow beginning and a little too much technical legal jargon in parts, this speeds up into a super-fast joyride. Kelly Hawkins is pulled from the deep grief of the death of her soul-mate husband to help a Nebraska couple find out what happened to their daughter. We watch as Samantha is murdered at the beginning of the book, but the death is ruled natural, possibly due to an allergic reaction to medications. Samantha was a computer scientist in the National Security Agency and her parents are sure she was onto something suspicious that got her killed but no one will help them. They finally run into Kelly who tenaciously persists and manages to find way to bring legal action. This case starts a chain reaction that is brilliantly written. Despite the rough edges of this novel, it's a winner!!

[Billy · Rating 4 out of 5]

!!WON IN FIRST READS GIVEAWAY!!

This is a wonderful and well written book. A real page turner. I enjoyed it from beginning to end!

[Yolanda Hassan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ryes book - but its not loaded yet.

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[Agnes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decency kept my interest because it was really a thriller that involved the government and secrecy. Take that and add a down to earth country family who run a farm and the mixture can be explosive. Samantha Pierce worked for the NSA and knew too much. So they did an evaluation on her and said she was psychologically unfit and fired her. But Samantha knew that wasn't so..so she coded a letter to her parents about it and the was mysteriously found dead. They said it was natural, probably an allergic reaction to medicine. But her parents didn't believe that. They in turn went to lawyers to help them find the real reason for their daughter's death....no one would go up against the government except for Kelly Hawkins .... follow her as she investigates and finds out the truth....a great read.

[Nikki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simply stated, I loved the story. Even though, you don't find many situations of exposing corruption within governmental organizational turning out good, it's was nice to know that some will do whatever it takes to make things right. From what I read the author has some personal knowledge or has experience some type of betrayal within an organization. Although, I'm not a parent I can only imagine the pain of losing a child. I definitely enjoyed the twists and turns. The story moved quickly. I took an immediate likely to Ms. Hawkins, Samantha and her parents.
Great story. It would be good to read a sequel. The next chapter.

[JB · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall, a good story, but the character's conversations are a bit stiff, a bit much legal tech talk at times, and too much praise/ agreement among all characters, good and bad. What started as complex story threads, turned into a single thread which resolved too easily, with too many 'way-to-goes.'

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much "legal-ize" for my taste and slow action until the end.

[Robert Garcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fluid reading. The plot was great. I enjoyed the spent reading this book. Very entertaining.