White Ghost

Graham Gage #4

by Steven Gore

From the author of Final Target and Power Blind comes the fourth book in the high stakes thriller series featuring private investigator Graham Gage. For over thirty years Graham Gage has faced down enemies both near and far, but now he faces one from within. Diagnosed with an aggressive cancer, Gage must delay treatment in order to repay the woman who saved his life in San Francisco's Chinatown thirty years earlier when he was homicide detective. She has come out of hiding after her troubled teenage son was ensnared and killed in a multimillion dollar microchip robbery executed by the United Bamboo Triad. With the FBI straight-jacketed and despite his plaguing symptoms, Gage heads to Hong Kong, then on to Thailand, and finally to China to untangle a fast moving and brilliantly orchestrated deal bartering the chips for a billion dollars of China White heroin. Racing ahead of the disease, he puts in place a scheme to tie the conspiracy directly to the US-based godfather behind her son's death. With his plan in place, Gage returns to the US, hands off the case to the FBI and begins a highly toxic treatment, but is soon drawn into a deadly confrontation with the godfather himself. An electrifying, harrowing thriller, White Ghost , will leave readers hanging in suspense until the final shocking moments.

Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense

448 pages, Paperback

First published March 29, 2016

About the author

Steven Gore is the author of the Graham Gage thrillers and a former private investigator in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been honored for his investigative achievements, has been featured on 60 Minutes, and has lectured to attorney and investigator organizations on subjects ranging from police misconduct to the design of investigative databases.

Series:
* Graham Gage

Reviews

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was very impressed with the way this took off. Graham Gage is a phenomenal protagonist. I got this book in one of my suspense shipments and wasn't sure about it. Once I started reading, I enjoyed the way the story unfolded. This kind of storytelling is rare because while I'm not one to read books about organized crime, this author does it in a way that hooks you in grabs you by the throat. This is book four so I haven't read the others, but it will be worth going back to see where it all started.

[Kathleen Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my first Gage book- and boy was I pleased with it! Don't worry, it's fine as a standalone. Gore has written a thriller that plays on current events and 21st century crime lords. At the same time, and equally important, he makes you care about the people - Gage, Faith, Sarah, Linda- all of them are very real. Oddly, I also found Winston very entertaining. Gage's medical situation is an interesting and distressing addition to the story. I liked that he visited real places (such as the steak house in Hong Kong) and that there was a real sense of the settings. All in all, highly recommend this if you like fast paced mysteries that are as much about solving something as they are about the family we create. thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC!

[Anthonia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderfully well written book that has all types of action knit into a complex plot and some great payback. I enjoyed reading this book a must read for any and all book lovers everywhere.

[Ali Baksina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slooowwww read - lots of mini stories within the main mystery story

[Once Upon a Romance Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 Stars
Reviewed by Eva
Sexual Content: Subtle
Language (Profanity/Slang) Content: Mild
Violent Content: Moderate

The protagonist Graham Gage, a private detective, has flaws and certainly has been hardened by working the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown and fighting a serious illness is not the time when you want to stroll around dangerous back alleys. But Gage, who the author admits has some traits of himself worked in, decides he has no choice when a woman, who saved his life decades ago, approaches him about the death of her son. Seems her son was murdered in connection with the theft of a multi-million dollar microchip. The trail of the murderers takes Gage throughout Southeast Asia, all the while fighting for his life against a deadly disease and not just the killers.

The author clearly has some insight into the work of a detective and is very familiar with some of the locations used in the book. Together with putting of his own personal experiences, such as fighting a serious disease, into the character of Gage, the story gets a gritty realism that will keep the reader interested in the characters and the story until the end.

This is not a book for weak nerves, the story line is clear, without much distraction from subplots or too many characters. If you are looking for a good thriller that reflects the harsh realities of modern organized crime, this book is a very good choice.

-- EVA

[Jud Hanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

PI Graham Gage has faced a variety of adversaries over his career. None, however, have been as formidable as the new one he faces: Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. As he prepares to start treatment, an old friend shows up looking for help. Her son was recently killed while trying to steal computer microchips for the United Bamboo Triad. His investigation will take him to Hong Kong, as he devises a complicated plan to recover the microchips, while at the same time seizing the heroin the United Bamboo Triad was going to barter them for. As the plan is carried out, the one uncertainty is whether Gage can survive going up against the Triad, while at the same time keep his cancer at bay.

White Ghost by Steven Gore is the 4th Graham Gage adventure. Gore has created an interesting, multifaceted main character that uses his experience to solve cases. As a former PI himself, Gore can draw on actual investigative experience to make his novels all the more realistic. I found this novel to be quite entertaining and one that was particularly hard to put down. I will definitely be going back and reading the first two novels in this series and look forward to future Graham Gage novels. This novel has earned 4/5 stars.

*A copy of this book was the only consideration given in exchange for this review.*

[Lance Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

The basic plot here is simplicity itself, but its execution is wildly complicated. What makes the book so readable despite the convoluted scheme that the series character has devised is how transparent he is with his trusted colleagues, and by extension the reader. Exciting and tense, this well-structured novel is recommended. Read our full review, here: http://www.mysteriousreviews.com/myst...

[David Joseph Mikels · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this book for free on the goodreads giveaways. This book was a very interesting read, mainly taking place outside the United States. Very well could be the last book in the series