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Alex Landon Enemies #1
Enemies Domestic
ENEMIES DOMESTIC – An Alex Landon Thriller #1
With the fate of thousands at risk, can Detective Alex Landon afford to trust his intuition over circumstantial evidence?
For the past few months, Detective Alex Landon had seen retired US Army Captain Jonathan McDougal as both a sympathetic suspect and a less-than-cooperative informant. But, when a local hate group acquires explosives and the circumstantial evidence indicates McDougal’s potential involvement, their relationship sours and grows distrustful.
When the terrorist's deadly plan is triggered, Landon and McDougal are forced to decide if they trust each other enough to prevent the loss of thousands of innocent lives.
But at what cost?
Failure will end thousands of lives, while success may require their own.
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With the fate of thousands at risk, can Detective Alex Landon afford to trust his intuition over circumstantial evidence?
For the past few months, Detective Alex Landon had seen retired US Army Captain Jonathan McDougal as both a sympathetic suspect and a less-than-cooperative informant. But, when a local hate group acquires explosives and the circumstantial evidence indicates McDougal’s potential involvement, their relationship sours and grows distrustful.
When the terrorist's deadly plan is triggered, Landon and McDougal are forced to decide if they trust each other enough to prevent the loss of thousands of innocent lives.
But at what cost?
Failure will end thousands of lives, while success may require their own.
VISIT WWW.CYANIDEPUBLISHING.COM AND DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE CRIME / MYSTERY STARTER LIBRARY
512 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 15, 2017
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Gavin Reese
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Gavin Reese grew up in the rural American Southwest and eventually moved to the Big City with his family. He considers both New Mexico and Arizona “home.” Citing his parents and grandparents as tremendous, motivating role models, Gavin felt an intense call to service and had planned on joining the military after college. Despite having worn his university’s uniform on the playing field and running half-marathons for fun, childhood medical issues prevented him from serving in that capacity. After two lifelong friends became patrol cops, they had Gavin out for a few ride-alongs, and he started the prolonged application process to join them.
Since completing the police academy and field training, Gavin has enjoyed incredible success, and a lot of luck, in acquiring a diverse range of training and experiences that allowed him to be truly effective in almost every situation and service call. As a Jack of All Trades, Gavin’s ongoing course- and case-work in high-risk police operations includes street-level narcotics, combat medical care, international drug trafficking, organized crime syndicates, S.W.A.T. operations, human smuggling, outlaw motorcycle gang investigations, prostitution and sex trafficking, witness protection, hazardous materials incident response, radiation and nuclear terrorism, post-blast explosives investigations, and Dark Web smuggling operations.
Before retiring from active law enforcement, Gavin comforted the dying, talked dozens out of suicide, and saved domestic abuse victims from their assailants. He’s taken child rapists, murderers, and human traffickers into custody, and Gavin’s had the distinct honor of protecting visiting foreign royalty and national American political figures from both sides of the aisle. He’s been trained by a variety of Special Forces operators, as well as those who trained them. Several of his friends and colleagues have been murdered or killed, and he’s occasionally been tasked to pursue those responsible. Despite yesterday’s successes, Gavin wakes up and dons his gun and badge with the sincere hope to again make a positive difference in the lives around him. Someday, he might save enough strangers that they, in turn, will collectively save him.
When not donating his time to crime victims, first responders, and veterans’ groups, Gavin tries to relax with his family. He can frequently be found outdoors and involved in what his wife calls “reindeer games.” With a love of practical jokes and the long-con, Gavin’s been an accused, and occasionally confirmed, shenaniganator for most of his life. He summits tall mountains, swims in deep oceans, brews mediocre beer, and has a strong opinion on the Oxford comma. His curiosity about the world and the peoples and cultures within it have inspired a love of travel, spontaneous adventure, and lifelong learning. Gavin knows his greatest blessing is his wife, and he wakes each morning grateful she continues to play along. A portion of all Gavin’s sales is donated to charities that serve law enforcement professionals, their families and heirs, and honor the memory of our Fallen Heroes.
Gavin Reese grew up in the rural American Southwest and eventually moved to the Big City with his family. He considers both New Mexico and Arizona “home.” Citing his parents and grandparents as tremendous, motivating role models, Gavin felt an intense call to service and had planned on joining the military after college. Despite having worn his university’s uniform on the playing field and running half-marathons for fun, childhood medical issues prevented him from serving in that capacity. After two lifelong friends became patrol cops, they had Gavin out for a few ride-alongs, and he started the prolonged application process to join them.
Since completing the police academy and field training, Gavin has enjoyed incredible success, and a lot of luck, in acquiring a diverse range of training and experiences that allowed him to be truly effective in almost every situation and service call. As a Jack of All Trades, Gavin’s ongoing course- and case-work in high-risk police operations includes street-level narcotics, combat medical care, international drug trafficking, organized crime syndicates, S.W.A.T. operations, human smuggling, outlaw motorcycle gang investigations, prostitution and sex trafficking, witness protection, hazardous materials incident response, radiation and nuclear terrorism, post-blast explosives investigations, and Dark Web smuggling operations.
Before retiring from active law enforcement, Gavin comforted the dying, talked dozens out of suicide, and saved domestic abuse victims from their assailants. He’s taken child rapists, murderers, and human traffickers into custody, and Gavin’s had the distinct honor of protecting visiting foreign royalty and national American political figures from both sides of the aisle. He’s been trained by a variety of Special Forces operators, as well as those who trained them. Several of his friends and colleagues have been murdered or killed, and he’s occasionally been tasked to pursue those responsible. Despite yesterday’s successes, Gavin wakes up and dons his gun and badge with the sincere hope to again make a positive difference in the lives around him. Someday, he might save enough strangers that they, in turn, will collectively save him.
When not donating his time to crime victims, first responders, and veterans’ groups, Gavin tries to relax with his family. He can frequently be found outdoors and involved in what his wife calls “reindeer games.” With a love of practical jokes and the long-con, Gavin’s been an accused, and occasionally confirmed, shenaniganator for most of his life. He summits tall mountains, swims in deep oceans, brews mediocre beer, and has a strong opinion on the Oxford comma. His curiosity about the world and the peoples and cultures within it have inspired a love of travel, spontaneous adventure, and lifelong learning. Gavin knows his greatest blessing is his wife, and he wakes each morning grateful she continues to play along. A portion of all Gavin’s sales is donated to charities that serve law enforcement professionals, their families and heirs, and honor the memory of our Fallen Heroes.
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February 4, 2018
Domestic Enemies Thwarted
(Disclaimer: I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.) Domestic Enemies by Gavin Reese is a Mystery Thriller packed with action and adventure. It was also a hard start novel with an exciting nail-biting ending for me. I started reading the book and got about thirty-five percent through but needed to put it down. I was having trouble with how the storyline was formatted and trying to get a handle on the overall “what’s going on” so I took a time-out. When I came back to the book after this respite I found the “what’s going on.” The plot started to come together as additional opposing characters began to be introduced. The beginning characters created an inner circle for the outer circle characters, who were being introduced. The interaction between the two circles created the storyline, the action and adventure. And that is the mystery thriller Enemies Domestic. Alex Landon the protagonist, is the key to tying together the several sub-plots in the storyline. The author, despite the fits and starts I experienced, writes an amazing book. The book is the definition of a mystery thriller - with a classic build of all the elements coming together from all the angles to one singular point where the mystery is solved and you, the reader, are shocked. The author created an enigmatic character in Alex Landon who is able to stretch across all the sub-plots, tie them together and deliver an “on the end of your chair” page-turner read.
My RECOMMENDATION: Enemies Domestic is worth the experience. Are you ready? –Tex.
(Disclaimer: I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.) Domestic Enemies by Gavin Reese is a Mystery Thriller packed with action and adventure. It was also a hard start novel with an exciting nail-biting ending for me. I started reading the book and got about thirty-five percent through but needed to put it down. I was having trouble with how the storyline was formatted and trying to get a handle on the overall “what’s going on” so I took a time-out. When I came back to the book after this respite I found the “what’s going on.” The plot started to come together as additional opposing characters began to be introduced. The beginning characters created an inner circle for the outer circle characters, who were being introduced. The interaction between the two circles created the storyline, the action and adventure. And that is the mystery thriller Enemies Domestic. Alex Landon the protagonist, is the key to tying together the several sub-plots in the storyline. The author, despite the fits and starts I experienced, writes an amazing book. The book is the definition of a mystery thriller - with a classic build of all the elements coming together from all the angles to one singular point where the mystery is solved and you, the reader, are shocked. The author created an enigmatic character in Alex Landon who is able to stretch across all the sub-plots, tie them together and deliver an “on the end of your chair” page-turner read.
My RECOMMENDATION: Enemies Domestic is worth the experience. Are you ready? –Tex.
May 22, 2018
An honest and uplifting portrayal of serving police officers
I read, liked, and reviewed Gavin Reese’s Enemies Foreign first, which is usually a bad idea.
However, Enemies Domestic comes across as a superior, and more logical story, and most of the characters are better developed than the ones in Enemies Foreign. Had I read this one first, the follow-up novel would have fared worse by comparison.
Enemies Domestic delves into the emotional weight that impacts police officers trying to enforce laws, without ignoring the needs of people caught up in circumstances they can’t resolve. Some readers may find the internal thought processes of Alex Landon and Jonathan McDougal to be, by times, directionless and conflicting. Some readers may skim these parts, but those who do read these passages will find that Gavin Reese has lived through, and lived beyond, the emotional reality he describes and articulates. For me, these narratives drew me deeper and deeper into the story.
If, like me, you are the kind of reader who actually reads the Forward, Acknowledgments, and author background you will have a solid basis on which to appreciate the importance of “those who run towards the sounds of shots fired”. These men and women, and the numbers of responsible and selfless citizens who make up the population of any given town or city, are those who truly “Make America Great”. They do not bluster and act behind pretence and puffery, but live to “Serve and Protect”, whether they wear a badge or not.
I read, liked, and reviewed Gavin Reese’s Enemies Foreign first, which is usually a bad idea.
However, Enemies Domestic comes across as a superior, and more logical story, and most of the characters are better developed than the ones in Enemies Foreign. Had I read this one first, the follow-up novel would have fared worse by comparison.
Enemies Domestic delves into the emotional weight that impacts police officers trying to enforce laws, without ignoring the needs of people caught up in circumstances they can’t resolve. Some readers may find the internal thought processes of Alex Landon and Jonathan McDougal to be, by times, directionless and conflicting. Some readers may skim these parts, but those who do read these passages will find that Gavin Reese has lived through, and lived beyond, the emotional reality he describes and articulates. For me, these narratives drew me deeper and deeper into the story.
If, like me, you are the kind of reader who actually reads the Forward, Acknowledgments, and author background you will have a solid basis on which to appreciate the importance of “those who run towards the sounds of shots fired”. These men and women, and the numbers of responsible and selfless citizens who make up the population of any given town or city, are those who truly “Make America Great”. They do not bluster and act behind pretence and puffery, but live to “Serve and Protect”, whether they wear a badge or not.
December 29, 2017
This is a fantastic book, I thoroughly recommend reading it. As a mans life falls apart he can do the only thing he knows how.. honour, protect and serve his country. This leads us on an amazing journey, what a great plot! With a very satisfying ending that changes people lives. This is a book not to miss reading.
January 27, 2019
The character arcs are superb as we're taken through the conspiracy of a right-wing plot on American soil. There's a lot going on as the story moves forward, slowly at first but the pay off is well worth it. Authentic police procedures from an author that knows that world make this crime drama a great page turner.
July 22, 2017
Excellent authentic crime book. There's a lot of description and detail that you know could only have been written by a genuine cop. Tense moments, tangible danger and a gritty story line.
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