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Do A Little Wrong
Kyle Royce is the kind of young, handsome, fabulously wealthy New Yorker the tabloids have a field day with. A successful currency trader, he attends all the right charity events, arriving in one of his many exotic cars with an exquisite woman on his arm, and enough charm and humor to entertain even the most bored socialite at his table. But behind the public persona, Royce leads a very different life. Through his shadowy organization, The Foundation, he and his hand-picked team of former government officials, detectives, and technology experts, have a singular to find the missing, by any means legal . . . or otherwise. When approached by a woman desperate to track down her brother who disappeared almost two decades ago during the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, Royce and The Foundation find themselves dodging foreign agents, the NYPD, the NSA, and even the F.B.I., as the search carries them round the world to a shocking conclusion.
205 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2017
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About the author
Don Dahler
7 books19 followersDon Dahler is a correspondent for CBS-News and author of several novels, including the mysteries A Tight Lie and Water Hazard, a thriller Do A Little Wrong, a historical mystery/thriller The Lost King, and a new YA sci-fi series My Soul To Keep. Dahler has also written a screenplay, Wild Air, about America's first aviatrix, Harriet Quimby, and a pilot for a television series about the early days of the CIA, SPOOKS.
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January 21, 2018
This is a seriously good thriller. Should be mainstream published; this guy is as good as Lee Child. Not praise I give lightly, but I'd happily read anything he cares to write, and I hope he continues this series.
March 21, 2018
Do a Little Wrong is a standalone novel in the thriller genre and has elements of detective work, spies, kidnapping and corporate espionage.
The story begins with a young boy who is being held in Brazil due to financial influence and red tape. Cue Kyle and an organisation known as the Foundation. This secret organisation exists, but as a ghost. There is no paper trail, no official registration and certainly no payment. The organisation exists solely to help those who are desperate and have no other means of recourse. As more cases come to the Foundation, so does the threat to their anonymity grow bigger. The newest missing persons case may just prove to be the cherry on the top, as the more Kyle and his colleagues get sucked in, the more they uncover just how deeply this cover-up goes. With the so-called good guys now hot on his trail, and the bad guys from a previous case still out to get him, will this be the end for Kyle and the Foundation? After all, if the highest powers in the land want you gone – where can you run to?
“With all due respect. That’s not the right knife.” This opening line grabbed my attention and I immediately wanted to know more. Finding out that it’s a knife Kyle is being threatened with, and he is telling them they are using the wrong one, sets the tone for a fast-paced thriller. I loved the idea of his secret organisation (a la Batman style, complete with cave) and the lengths they were willing to go to help someone. The members of the Foundation were all great characters and worked well together within the context of the story. Even though it sounded stereotypical with the tough guy, tech geek, legal adviser and financial backer they all played their parts exactly the way the story needed them to. Kyle was an absolute rogue and impossible to dislike. I loved the descriptions of the locations they landed in, the crazy stunts they pulled to get out of situations, and the way they manipulated scenarios to get what they needed. The violence was not over the top and it was easy to read past the few editing mistakes that crept through.
This was a book that kept me hooked, with a fast pace, the right ratio of comedy to action and a good underlying story. Highly recommended, and we need more Kyles in this world.
The story begins with a young boy who is being held in Brazil due to financial influence and red tape. Cue Kyle and an organisation known as the Foundation. This secret organisation exists, but as a ghost. There is no paper trail, no official registration and certainly no payment. The organisation exists solely to help those who are desperate and have no other means of recourse. As more cases come to the Foundation, so does the threat to their anonymity grow bigger. The newest missing persons case may just prove to be the cherry on the top, as the more Kyle and his colleagues get sucked in, the more they uncover just how deeply this cover-up goes. With the so-called good guys now hot on his trail, and the bad guys from a previous case still out to get him, will this be the end for Kyle and the Foundation? After all, if the highest powers in the land want you gone – where can you run to?
“With all due respect. That’s not the right knife.” This opening line grabbed my attention and I immediately wanted to know more. Finding out that it’s a knife Kyle is being threatened with, and he is telling them they are using the wrong one, sets the tone for a fast-paced thriller. I loved the idea of his secret organisation (a la Batman style, complete with cave) and the lengths they were willing to go to help someone. The members of the Foundation were all great characters and worked well together within the context of the story. Even though it sounded stereotypical with the tough guy, tech geek, legal adviser and financial backer they all played their parts exactly the way the story needed them to. Kyle was an absolute rogue and impossible to dislike. I loved the descriptions of the locations they landed in, the crazy stunts they pulled to get out of situations, and the way they manipulated scenarios to get what they needed. The violence was not over the top and it was easy to read past the few editing mistakes that crept through.
This was a book that kept me hooked, with a fast pace, the right ratio of comedy to action and a good underlying story. Highly recommended, and we need more Kyles in this world.
August 21, 2025
Good read
Great book and easily finished in a weekend. Fun and exciting to read. It has interesting characters and an even more interesting storyline. Too bad the company doesn't exist.
Great book and easily finished in a weekend. Fun and exciting to read. It has interesting characters and an even more interesting storyline. Too bad the company doesn't exist.
July 12, 2018
This book is a great read. It is full of action and adventure and keeps you laughing. I loved every page.
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