Terror in the City of Lights

by E.E. Hunt

Traveling to Paris on vacation two New York City Federal agents are directed by their supervisor to assist four anti-terror fight¬ers in Paris, three American and one a female Muslim, all labeled by a Paris newspaper as four modern musketeers. They are being hunted by an Islamic Algerian Salafist who seeks revenge for his brother's death that occurred in a shootout in the Casbah in Algiers. The four are joined by French special agent Jules Crouseau who although considered awkward 'gets his man' in his own unusual way. Not satisfied with vengeance against the musketeers alone the Algerian terrorist also wants to destroy monuments in Paris. In the process he and his henchmen try to shoot the terror fighters in a popular Parisian restau¬rant, kill them in a car bomb on the beltway around Paris, and then finally destroy them in the process of blowing up both the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the famed Hotel de Dieu on the Ile de St Louis. The plot keeps you riveted as you trace the fanatical Islamist who has no conscience about murdering innocents for the sake of his demented reli¬gious viewpoint...

292 pages, Paperback

First published July 18, 2013

Reviews

[Barb · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a First Reads giveaway, and the summary of the story presented sounded awesome. The story line, about Algerian terrorists bent on wreaking havoc in Paris and the American team sent to stop them, was really good. The problem was the author's writing style. The dialogue was stiff and unrealistic. All the characters addresed eacho ther as "Dear So-and-so." Have you ever called your best friend Sue "Dear Sue?" Apparently Mr. Hunt is also unaware that real people in real conversations use contractions, rather than saying "We are going to meet at a nearby cafe in order to eat some food before we proceed to track these nefarious criminals."

It took me three days to read a 200 page book that should have been a page turner. It was more like a death march to the end. I would not recommend it to anyone who enjoys fast paced espionage thrillers.

[Meriah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of suspense and wonderful writing, this novel takes you on a journey that everyone should stop and take some time to live through.

I'm not one for suspense/mystery type novels, but this is one that I will find on my favorites list for years to come.