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Stained Fortune
Clint Kennedy, ex-banker, ex-con, and American ex-pat living in Mexico’s glorious White City, is an adrenaline junkie—but his desire for adventure could end his life at the hands of a ruthless killer.
When Clint devises an ingenious plan to launder millions in cash into the family business, his life becomes a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse rampaging through the roaring bull rings of Merida, a seedy Mexican jail, and the gleaming towers of Miami’s most prestigious banks. Someone is going to die. Clint just needs to make sure it isn’t him.
This page-turning thriller, reminiscent of the works of Lee Child and Don Winslow, will have you on the edge of your seat.
When Clint devises an ingenious plan to launder millions in cash into the family business, his life becomes a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse rampaging through the roaring bull rings of Merida, a seedy Mexican jail, and the gleaming towers of Miami’s most prestigious banks. Someone is going to die. Clint just needs to make sure it isn’t him.
This page-turning thriller, reminiscent of the works of Lee Child and Don Winslow, will have you on the edge of your seat.
215 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 20, 2017
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January 5, 2018
This is an interesting story of greed, money, drugs, banking, and many other things woven together. Although there is an overabundance of sexual, particularly homosexual, innuendo it is not graphic and does not detract from the story line. The use of obscenities is also rampant, but do not overwhelm, although at times seem gratuitous.
The portrayal of the homosexual world is particularly interesting to those of us who don’t know much about this scene. Given the author’s own personal choices it would seem that he would have keen insight into this world. His development of one of the characters demonstrates an evident struggle among some in that group as highlighted by the following dialogue: “I don’t give a…if you want to slap that label on me, happy as…to have it except it isn’t correct – not that it’s anyone’s business, including yours, who I like to sleep with but, just for the record, I’m bi. Bi, Jack, and, based on how I think I’m starting to feel about [her], the other team’s winning right now.”
The novel is, for the most part, set in Merida Mexico. Throughout the story the author demonstrates an interest and, you might even say love and admiration, for the people in this community. Those who read the book will find interesting tidbits scattered throughout the book about this community, its people, and culture. This makes the book even more interesting.
It is an easy read and the author has done a good job of not bogging down the story with a lot of rabbit chasing. It holds together well and keeps the reader engaged.
The portrayal of the homosexual world is particularly interesting to those of us who don’t know much about this scene. Given the author’s own personal choices it would seem that he would have keen insight into this world. His development of one of the characters demonstrates an evident struggle among some in that group as highlighted by the following dialogue: “I don’t give a…if you want to slap that label on me, happy as…to have it except it isn’t correct – not that it’s anyone’s business, including yours, who I like to sleep with but, just for the record, I’m bi. Bi, Jack, and, based on how I think I’m starting to feel about [her], the other team’s winning right now.”
The novel is, for the most part, set in Merida Mexico. Throughout the story the author demonstrates an interest and, you might even say love and admiration, for the people in this community. Those who read the book will find interesting tidbits scattered throughout the book about this community, its people, and culture. This makes the book even more interesting.
It is an easy read and the author has done a good job of not bogging down the story with a lot of rabbit chasing. It holds together well and keeps the reader engaged.
November 25, 2017
This story is most unusual in that it has all the structure to be a book replete with violence with a dramatic ending. Yet, there is very little violence and nothing climactic about the ending. There is a great deal of sex mentioned, but only a little is described. Clint Kennedy is a bisexual man with a background in finance, sexual action and shady deals. He knows a family that owns a bank in the United States that is in trouble, so he offers them a deal that will save the bank.
The deal is with a Mexican drug dealer named Alvaro that is also bisexual. Alvaro has millions of dollars that he wants to transfer to the United States for laundering and Kennedy knows how to do this. By concentrating on long dormant accounts, the money is electronically transferred into them in small amounts and then passed forward. Kennedy of course takes a healthy cut of the transferred money, he quickly becomes a multi-millionaire because of the deal. Kennedy has a good side, he spends a lot of money in Mexico, including the building of a school for children.
The story is based on Kennedy’s interactions with the drug dealers in Mexico, the banking family and towards the end, a lawyer that once kept him as his boy toy. There is very little action and danger, the people talk to each other far more than they shoot at each other. Every drug gang knows its place and stays within it. Therefore, there is little tension, just the continuation of Kennedy’s actions and how others react to it. If you like action and battles, you will be disappointed.
The deal is with a Mexican drug dealer named Alvaro that is also bisexual. Alvaro has millions of dollars that he wants to transfer to the United States for laundering and Kennedy knows how to do this. By concentrating on long dormant accounts, the money is electronically transferred into them in small amounts and then passed forward. Kennedy of course takes a healthy cut of the transferred money, he quickly becomes a multi-millionaire because of the deal. Kennedy has a good side, he spends a lot of money in Mexico, including the building of a school for children.
The story is based on Kennedy’s interactions with the drug dealers in Mexico, the banking family and towards the end, a lawyer that once kept him as his boy toy. There is very little action and danger, the people talk to each other far more than they shoot at each other. Every drug gang knows its place and stays within it. Therefore, there is little tension, just the continuation of Kennedy’s actions and how others react to it. If you like action and battles, you will be disappointed.
February 11, 2019
Fantastic read. I could not put the book down. Can't wait for his next book in the series. Did not want the book to end. Easy five star rating..
February 12, 2019
Great read. Fast moving, exciting. When is next one?
September 20, 2019
Great Reading
This book is hard to put down. The action is set up from the beginning and it does not disappoint. The ending leaves you ready for more.
This book is hard to put down. The action is set up from the beginning and it does not disappoint. The ending leaves you ready for more.
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