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Eastern Drift: Sinclair O'Malley book 4
After Task Force Zero’s latest mission goes off the rails, Sin knows she and her team need a break. They have been running one mission after another for months on end. One day into their month long sabbatical, a special request comes in from Frank Graham, the Director of the FBI and the task force’s only chain of command.
Frank’s brother in law, Humphry Diggs, a Miami Beach Police Detective has been charged with murder, and Frank needs Sin and the task force to try and prove his innocence. Sin promises Frank that while on US soil she and the team will abide by the bureau’s rules and regulations.
What begins as a simple murder investigation ends up so much more. Sin finds ties to the Chao Pho, Thailand’s largest organized crime syndicate. A syndicate led by Katana Sant, the infamous Sculptress , so named for her intricate and brutal use of bladed weapons. Sin and her team are soon embroiled against the Chao Pho who are peddling the synthetic drugs fentanyl and methamphetamine on the streets of Miami and along the US east coast.
In Eastern Drift , Sin will find herself pitted against allies and joining forces with enemies to unravel a web of deceit and solve a crime so heinous that the Pearl Angel of Death must rise like a phoenix from the ashes to inflict justice where it is needed.
In Eastern Drift , the task force will go from the glitzy beaches of Miami to the deepest recesses of Thailand and back again to solve a crime that makes Sin’s blood boil.
In Eastern Drift , Sin knows she must keep her friends close and her enemies even closer.
Frank’s brother in law, Humphry Diggs, a Miami Beach Police Detective has been charged with murder, and Frank needs Sin and the task force to try and prove his innocence. Sin promises Frank that while on US soil she and the team will abide by the bureau’s rules and regulations.
What begins as a simple murder investigation ends up so much more. Sin finds ties to the Chao Pho, Thailand’s largest organized crime syndicate. A syndicate led by Katana Sant, the infamous Sculptress , so named for her intricate and brutal use of bladed weapons. Sin and her team are soon embroiled against the Chao Pho who are peddling the synthetic drugs fentanyl and methamphetamine on the streets of Miami and along the US east coast.
In Eastern Drift , Sin will find herself pitted against allies and joining forces with enemies to unravel a web of deceit and solve a crime so heinous that the Pearl Angel of Death must rise like a phoenix from the ashes to inflict justice where it is needed.
In Eastern Drift , the task force will go from the glitzy beaches of Miami to the deepest recesses of Thailand and back again to solve a crime that makes Sin’s blood boil.
In Eastern Drift , Sin knows she must keep her friends close and her enemies even closer.
346 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 12, 2024
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J.M. LeDuc
21 books35 followersMark Adduci (J.M. LeDuc) was born in Boston, MA. and lives in south Fl. He writes in the genre of mystery/thriller and in the subgenres of crime, historical and YA. "Cornerstone" peaked on Amazon at #1 in Historical Mystery and #9 overall. "Evil Awakened," a YA paranormal thriller based in Native American mythology/folklore will be released in the first quarter on 2017.
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March 16, 2024
Good but grim story.
February 22, 2024
Sinclair O'Malley Meets Her Match. I've said in reviews of earlier books in this series that Sinclair O'Malley is an even more bad ass Jack None Reacher, and this book is yet another example of this. And yet, an interesting wrinkle here is that when Sinclair has to keep her enemies close... it turns out one of them in particular is actually just as badass as she is, and is damn near O'Malley's equal in pretty well every way - a very yin/ yang situation going on here, which was pretty awesome for LeDuc to include. You'll never see Child doing that with Reacher, and indeed very few characters of this level of badassery ever get that camaraderie with a genuine yet darker equal. Thus, it introduced an interesting dynamic to the usual "beat the bad guys into submission" action trope. Also, with starting out featuring a different character altogether and having this particular character go through an entire development arc through this book, again LeDuc manages to craft more interesting wrinkles and make this series so much more than just "good guy is better than everyone".
Mostly centered in the Miami area, the trip to beautiful lush Thailand is well done - and an interesting pairing with reading Sara Och's The Resort, about suspicious deaths at a remote Thai resort, when read close together.
Overall yet another excellent entry in this series, though it does follow on almost immediately from its prior book and has several references to at least one other book earlier in the series (Painted Beauty, book 2 in the series), so for those who can never have any spoilers at all... go back and read those books if you haven't yet. You'll get awesome stories and be glad you have this one when you get done with them. :)
I, for one, am hoping we get Book 5 in this series with a much shorter gap between the books. :D Very much recommended.
Mostly centered in the Miami area, the trip to beautiful lush Thailand is well done - and an interesting pairing with reading Sara Och's The Resort, about suspicious deaths at a remote Thai resort, when read close together.
Overall yet another excellent entry in this series, though it does follow on almost immediately from its prior book and has several references to at least one other book earlier in the series (Painted Beauty, book 2 in the series), so for those who can never have any spoilers at all... go back and read those books if you haven't yet. You'll get awesome stories and be glad you have this one when you get done with them. :)
I, for one, am hoping we get Book 5 in this series with a much shorter gap between the books. :D Very much recommended.
May 26, 2025
A Terrific Twosome!
Each Sinclair O'Malley book is better than the one before. The stories have so many twists and turns. The characters are well written and exciting.
Each Sinclair O'Malley book is better than the one before. The stories have so many twists and turns. The characters are well written and exciting.
March 12, 2024
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‘Sinclair O’ Malley won’t let a case go cold, she has thermal vision when it comes to fighting crime.’
‘Fantastic and Deadly! “The Pearl Angel of Death” and Task Force 0 are faced with a murder case that will take them on the deadliest wild goose chase they have encountered yet. From the slums of Miami to Asia and back blood is spilled along the way and it’s about to get messy. Task Force 0 has their hands full not only with SIN and this run around of a mission but also with unexpected allies. Who can be trusted? Time is of essence, there is no room for error. Human lives are at risk. The mission has become bigger than they could have anticipated. You can catch the Eastern Drift or end up dead.’
‘SIN is the most lethal and lovable character! When it comes to crime novels, it just doesn’t get better than the Sinclair O’Malley series.’
Eastern Drift gets Five Stars!
‘Sinclair O’ Malley won’t let a case go cold, she has thermal vision when it comes to fighting crime.’
‘Fantastic and Deadly! “The Pearl Angel of Death” and Task Force 0 are faced with a murder case that will take them on the deadliest wild goose chase they have encountered yet. From the slums of Miami to Asia and back blood is spilled along the way and it’s about to get messy. Task Force 0 has their hands full not only with SIN and this run around of a mission but also with unexpected allies. Who can be trusted? Time is of essence, there is no room for error. Human lives are at risk. The mission has become bigger than they could have anticipated. You can catch the Eastern Drift or end up dead.’
‘SIN is the most lethal and lovable character! When it comes to crime novels, it just doesn’t get better than the Sinclair O’Malley series.’
Eastern Drift gets Five Stars!
March 20, 2024
Standard feel-like-I'm-reading-a-movie-described fare. What got me was how the "good guys" kill at least 40 "bad guys" and intentionally maim a score more in cold blood, then the author thanks Jesus in his acknowledgements.
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