Hannibal Lecter meets The Godfather. How safe is your life? Do you ever feel you are being watched, even though you see nobody near. You slough it off as foolish fear. But maybe it’s true. Maybe you have drawn the attention of a murder machine who sees you only as a string of zeroes to add to his wealth. He'll take everything you own. Then he'll give you a Life or Death. Choose death. THE TAKER "introduces the most frightening psychopath since Hannibal Lecter." - Michael Corbett, ABC
This is definitely one of the under-rated thrillers out there. Though there were minor grammatical errors here and there, it was one good read, that I hadn't anticipated.
The story starts with Neela Shahi 'taken' by Nelson Trevorthick. Now, Nelson never 'takes' married women. Too many complications. Entanglements. And when he finds out Neela Shahi is married to Jeremy Wolff, which he hadn't found out during the entire time he observed her, he fumbles a bit, but carries on with the plan anyway.
This then leads to a chain of events which involves childhood jealousy, chasing - lots of chasing - and gore death.
The first few chapters were okay, but as you read on, you find it hard to leave the book.
Kudos to the author. I read it on the Kindle App on my device.