Red Rain

Luther Ewing #1

by Michael Crow

Luther Ewing--a Gulf War veteran and former mercenary now employed by the Baltimore County Police Department--finds himself back in a battle zone when he decides to help some friends in the department take on the Russian mafia. Reprint.

Genres: Thriller, Fiction

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Pseudonym of Thomas Moran, journalist and author. Lives in New York, Woodstock, NY, and Europe.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Trash reading about a cop with a past. Brad found this one in the Conroe, Texas public library. I'm just reading it to rest my mind. It's definitely a "guy-lit" book.......lots of sex with twenty-year old college co-eds, there's a lot of guns, and the Russian mafia is involved. It's an easy book to read and not take seriously.

[Evan Graves]

This is a great book. I loved every second.

[Joan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had its ups and downs but every time I wanted to quit reading the book, I turned another page. It was an alright read.

[Cristian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Azione e Adrenalina in abbondanza.
Con un giusta dose di info su quel gran casino che fu la guerra nei Balcani.
Interessante e piacevole lettura.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Luther Ewing, aka, Five O brings his unique b background to his job as a cop on the Baltimore County P.D. narcotics division. This is a contemporary location with the controversy in Baltimore recently after the shooting of a black man by the police.

Luther an ex-Special Forces sharpshooter with experience in Bosnia. In "Red Rain" Luther is working with his crew in narcotics and he comes across evidence that something is different on the streets. It's a feeling that experienced agents tend to get.

Vasilly is a Russian who is bringing vast amounts of drugs into the Baltimore area and ready to begin selling the drugs on the street. His drug cartel begins making headway and Luther's life and routine changes.

There is good dialogue in the story in what the reader can imagine taking place. There is also realistic descriptions of what life must be like on the streets.

It might be the way things are but many of the characters had nicknames and with this I had difficulty in determining who was who and what side they characters were on.

The bodies mount up and there are a number of plot twists that keep things unpredictable. I liked the suspense in a story of people at the edge of society-many who have little to redeem them.

[Sonya · Rating 2 out of 5]

just ok. quick read

[Andrew Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dialogue not terrific.lot of street talk. Overall pretty good book.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Brutal, nasty, no thank you

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly violent, coarse language, but interesting subplot with the damaged war vet, now police officer. Skipped pages from time to time when it became too ugly for my taste.