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Red Mist
A drug cartel, North Korean agents, and a mysterious connection to China come together to bring terror to the Los Angeles Auto Show. Undercover intelligence officer Max Koga must rescue a kidnapped FBI agent and keep the L.A. Auto Show from collapsing on thousands of people.
336 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 10, 2023
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Sam Mitani
4 books25 followersAs the first Asian-American writer at one of the Big Three American automotive publications (Car and Driver, Motor Trend, Road & Track), Sam Mitani established himself as one of the foremost American authorities on Japanese cars. In addition to being the International Editor of Road & Track in its heyday, he has been published in magazines in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Canada and Japan, and in his spare time, authored a couple of travel books on Southeast Asia. Mitani has since entered the fiction market, where his expertise in martial arts and numerous adventures around the world have provided him with a rich source of experiences to tap for his creative projects.
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September 7, 2023
I enjoyed reading this book very much. It is a great read.
September 7, 2023
I found Red Mist to be a solid beach read, what I would call the B list, i.e. good, but not in a class with some of the better thriller writers.
The story moves along well enough, a plot that manages to involve Arab terrorists, North Korea, Mexican drug lords, China and more. There's certainly a lot thrown in there. Our hero is likable but not necessarily a character for whom you'll feel empathy. The author both humanizes him with background information and with the story itself. But he also makes him cartoonish in his capabilities. For example, there's a scene where the hero takes shrapnel to the face and a bullet to the shoulder. Does it faze him? Apparently not as he's soon involved in hand-to-hand combat without mention of his injuries, nor does he ever seek medical attention before moving on to the next scene.
There were also a few continuity errors, if you pay too close attention. For example, the hero is hiding in a private plane and raises the steps to the plane. A few paragraphs later, the bad guys are climbing up those same stairs. Not major, but it should've been caught by the editor (I think).
Enjoyable, beach read, something to while away the time without too much thought.
The story moves along well enough, a plot that manages to involve Arab terrorists, North Korea, Mexican drug lords, China and more. There's certainly a lot thrown in there. Our hero is likable but not necessarily a character for whom you'll feel empathy. The author both humanizes him with background information and with the story itself. But he also makes him cartoonish in his capabilities. For example, there's a scene where the hero takes shrapnel to the face and a bullet to the shoulder. Does it faze him? Apparently not as he's soon involved in hand-to-hand combat without mention of his injuries, nor does he ever seek medical attention before moving on to the next scene.
There were also a few continuity errors, if you pay too close attention. For example, the hero is hiding in a private plane and raises the steps to the plane. A few paragraphs later, the bad guys are climbing up those same stairs. Not major, but it should've been caught by the editor (I think).
Enjoyable, beach read, something to while away the time without too much thought.
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