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Catch a Falling Knife
Fresh out of federal witness protection and enjoying the pleasures of Venice, Italy, former mobster Vinny Fabrizio is offered the criminal chance of a $10 million to destroy a crucially located container ship port and a shot at his FBI nemesis, Jack Rivers.The catch? He’s being paid by anti-American Islamic insurgents, and the port is back home on American soil.
As Vinny weighs his pangs of patriotism and the opportunity for a bloody revenge, Jack struggles to remain loyal to his own family and make a name for himself at his new job as director of security—at the very port Vinny is planning to blow up. The two men speed toward each other on a dangerous collision course that threatens to destroy much more than just each other. Behind his sinister smirk, Vinny hides an unexpected Linda, a gorgeous, strong-willed southern belle who must decide if she’s willing to risk it all for real love. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking…
As Vinny weighs his pangs of patriotism and the opportunity for a bloody revenge, Jack struggles to remain loyal to his own family and make a name for himself at his new job as director of security—at the very port Vinny is planning to blow up. The two men speed toward each other on a dangerous collision course that threatens to destroy much more than just each other. Behind his sinister smirk, Vinny hides an unexpected Linda, a gorgeous, strong-willed southern belle who must decide if she’s willing to risk it all for real love. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking…
- GenresFiction
362 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 19, 2012
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March 14, 2013
I rarely review a book I didn't read from beginning to end because it's unfair to the author. But in this case, NOT writing a review is unfair to potential readers.
From the beginning, Catch a Falling Knife feels as if Frank Foster is writing about topics which he has no experience in or actual knowledge of. Not saying an author needs to be a former mobster or a terrorist to write about those topics, but he should at least enlist the expertise of those who can make his text read realistically.
I stopped reading at chapter fourteen, when characters who should have been well-versed in security and defense protocols had to take time to explain their acronyms to each other. The mere fact that these "experts" waited until they had a credible threat before they began TALKING about developing a security plan discredited the remainder of the book for me.
If you like the premise of this book, read Proximity: A Novel of the Navy's Elite Bomb Squad. The author was an actual Navy EOD tech, and his writing makes it obvious he's been there and done that. Proximity is a much better written book with multi-layered themes and non-stop action.
From the beginning, Catch a Falling Knife feels as if Frank Foster is writing about topics which he has no experience in or actual knowledge of. Not saying an author needs to be a former mobster or a terrorist to write about those topics, but he should at least enlist the expertise of those who can make his text read realistically.
I stopped reading at chapter fourteen, when characters who should have been well-versed in security and defense protocols had to take time to explain their acronyms to each other. The mere fact that these "experts" waited until they had a credible threat before they began TALKING about developing a security plan discredited the remainder of the book for me.
If you like the premise of this book, read Proximity: A Novel of the Navy's Elite Bomb Squad. The author was an actual Navy EOD tech, and his writing makes it obvious he's been there and done that. Proximity is a much better written book with multi-layered themes and non-stop action.
September 19, 2013
Rating: 8.0/10.0
Review: This story is packed full of action, adventure, and a little bit of love. The story is fast-paced, but it did lack character depth and some unrealistic scenes. However, the over all story was fantastic. I love fast-paced action books, and this book was definitely a winner. If the author would give the characters a little more depth and researched some of the scenes a little more, Frank Foster would probably be one of the leading Indie writers in the genre.
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Review: This story is packed full of action, adventure, and a little bit of love. The story is fast-paced, but it did lack character depth and some unrealistic scenes. However, the over all story was fantastic. I love fast-paced action books, and this book was definitely a winner. If the author would give the characters a little more depth and researched some of the scenes a little more, Frank Foster would probably be one of the leading Indie writers in the genre.
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July 10, 2012On kindle
March 4, 2013
Good read - a few gaffs from editing or character confusion, but a fun book.
December 26, 2013
Fun read!
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