Triad

by Dennis Shay

Dr. Ben Darris in St. Louis dies on the operating table. Lo! As his spirit speeds along that 'tunnel toward the light,' he is sidetracked by a rugged fellow from the hereafter who begs help for his wife in Oregon, who is in danger. Ben is resuscitated before the stranger can relate all. Alive again, he researches for but finds no record of that fellow or his wife. The first of many synchronicities prompts Ben to fly to the West Coast and continue the search. What Ben finds in Oregon is multifaceted and more deadly than anything he is prepared for. Racing to escape, he is hotly pursued by both the law and nefarious criminal forces. And the cargo he must carry off with him all but guarantees he will be brutally tortured to death if caught. Was that tunnel transporting him to 'the light' in fact headed for Heaven or Hell?

Genres: Thriller, Crime

253 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[SUNNY C. H. Tam · Rating 4 out of 5]

LET PEOPLE LIVING IN OTHER COUNTRIES KNOW WELL ABOUT HONG KONG MAFIA AND HOW THE HONG KONG COLONIAL POLICE HANDLES THEM. VERY INTERESTING AND MAKE YOU UNWILLINGLY TO QUIT

[Alan Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommended...

[Darien McCormack · Rating 4 out of 5]

This though enjoyable, needed a jolly good tidy up. Often, I had to reread an opening paragraph and reorder in my head for comprehension. He never seems to describe a person, rather their apparel. Giving a disturbing mental picture of people with no faces!

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recommend the book.
I lost my original review along the way. This book is about the heroin trade between China and The United States. The people in the book are not fun characters and the subject matter certainly is not fun reading. So why keep reading? Because Colin Falconer wrote this book about a subject that is real and menacing. His book was like a bus running from heaven to hell and back again, and I could not get off that bus. This book is full of language and sex, but they are appropriately used. His mechanics are excellent.

Thank you, Mr. Falconer, for a good read.

[Heart Edith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the best books i read so far. Brilliant. Love the female characters: dominant and sexy. Every story was really interesting. The only thing i'm quite unsatisfied about is the ending. There was a mix of dynamic scenes and when you really wanted to see what happens, the narrator would introduce another storyline, quite static. Still a really great book.

[Lena Donan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Drsná vizáž deväťdesiatych rokov, prenasledujúca minulosť, Čína plná bieleho prášku - na rozdávanie, sekáčik na ľad ako hlavná kulisa a vražedné komentáre v oddelení závažných zločinov. Taaak, vo tom to je, přátelé.