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One Eighty
Can an off-kilter doctor and private investigator save his true love from killing more women and destroying the NFL?Once a pro-prospect quarterback, Var becomes a doctor instead and joins the Navy, helping Marines in Iraq. But an IED ends his career, sending him minus one leg and one arm, and a scrambled brain back to his home in the Front Range of Colorado. Music therapy, usually one-hundred-eighty-second rock songs, helps his phantom limb pain and depression. Yet his mind dances into strange, sometimes clairvoyant thoughts. He is desperate to rekindle a one-and-only true love, Angela, while taking over his father's private investigator business and practicing part time medicine. His Marine friends join him: Buddy a dangerous killer whose war-damaged mind allows him to only look at people through a mirror or glass, where he sees their true selves; OJ Cromwell, a Marine cop, burned out as a New Orleans detective, now a local detective; Lisa, a beautiful licensed PI who more than helps Var, and secretly loves him. Var's investigation of an injured NFL player leads to Angela and her husband The Judge, discovering they are sex trafficking illegal immigrant women with a twist: Angela uses a hypersexual and hyper-strength drug that starts killing the women and will destroy the NFL. And then comes the murder. In the end, everything is the opposite of what Var thinks.
350 pages, Paperback
Published September 19, 2019
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Milt Mays
15 books5 followersMilt Mays was winner of the Paul Gillette Writers Award in 2011. He grew up in Colorado, graduated from the Naval Academy and traveled the world as a Navy doctor. Two prequel novels are: The Next Day and Dan’s War. His website is www.miltmays.com.
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October 31, 2019
Received an Advance Reader Copy in exchange for a fair review
A quote (from ARC):
“Buddy’s heart ballooned into an aching, engorged mass in his chest, his tongue chocked the back of his throat, and his eyes watered watching Var go up the Finger, sticking his sloth-hooked metal hand into cracks and pulling himself up, an awkward mix of robot and human. He’d really made something of himself when he came back: a doctor, a PI, a biker, and a rock climber.”
Interesting characters, one of which a wounded hero, and a tight band of brothers make "One Eighty", by Milt Mays, an enjoyable read, although the narrator and Var’s “crazy wanderings” can become a bit tiring and are hard to follow sometimes, especially in the beginning.
The wounded hero, Var, is an improbable character, with a youngness to him that defies what he has been through and is very charming. He surely doesn’t allow his issues to slow him down and that’s admirable.
Var, Cromwell and Buddy have a solid friendship and share deep bonds. Buddy and the mirror thing are downright weird, but I got used to it and ended up finding it funny.
The suspense plotline, involving human trafficking, and the romance didn’t really grab my interest; I found Var’s obsession with Angela a bit pathetic.
The convoluted writing style, the over-explaining and the attempts on humor didn’t appeal to me, but in the end this trio of friends grew on me.
A quote (from ARC):
“Buddy’s heart ballooned into an aching, engorged mass in his chest, his tongue chocked the back of his throat, and his eyes watered watching Var go up the Finger, sticking his sloth-hooked metal hand into cracks and pulling himself up, an awkward mix of robot and human. He’d really made something of himself when he came back: a doctor, a PI, a biker, and a rock climber.”
Interesting characters, one of which a wounded hero, and a tight band of brothers make "One Eighty", by Milt Mays, an enjoyable read, although the narrator and Var’s “crazy wanderings” can become a bit tiring and are hard to follow sometimes, especially in the beginning.
The wounded hero, Var, is an improbable character, with a youngness to him that defies what he has been through and is very charming. He surely doesn’t allow his issues to slow him down and that’s admirable.
Var, Cromwell and Buddy have a solid friendship and share deep bonds. Buddy and the mirror thing are downright weird, but I got used to it and ended up finding it funny.
The suspense plotline, involving human trafficking, and the romance didn’t really grab my interest; I found Var’s obsession with Angela a bit pathetic.
The convoluted writing style, the over-explaining and the attempts on humor didn’t appeal to me, but in the end this trio of friends grew on me.
November 25, 2019
This book is filled with action and suspense, strange characters of hero and villain, plot twists and an excellent storyline that is amazing! I do not believe I have ever read a book by this author but I do plan to keep an eye out for more books by Milt Mays.
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