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The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter

Who really did kill JFK? Fifty years and multiple official reports later, there are still those who doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. In The Third Bullet, retired Vietnam sniper Bob Lee Swagger tackles the granddaddy of all conspiracy theories. Using facts from the Warren Commission and his own extensive knowledge of ballistics, Swagger constructs a complicated but plausible theory of what might have happened if a shadowy rogue agent who wanted Kennedy dead used Oswald as the fall guy. The unforgettable Swagger, older and more cerebral than he was in his first appearance in Point of Impact (1992), still has what it takes in his eighth outing as an action hero. Have yet to make Swagger’s acquaintance? He is a younger (though not by much) more polite version of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Want more thrillers focusing on the Kennedy assassination? Try Don DeLillo’s Libra, Stephen King’s 11/22/63 or James Ellroy’s American Tabloid.

Deborah

Once again New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cindy Gerard delivers a story that keeps her readers on the edge of their seats. It’s filled with red-hot, non-stop action told so vividly you think you are right in the middle of the action. ‘Killing Time’ is the first book in her new series called One Eyed Jacks.

Mike Brown is a Navy veteran who was dishonorably discharged 8 years earlier for a mission in Afghanistan that went horribly wrong. He spends his time languishing in Lima, Peru riddled with guilt, grief, rage , and self-destruction. The eighth anniversary of the day that mission went sour finds Mike in a small cantina getting drunk. A beautiful woman is at the cantina, dancing seductively and seeming only to have eyes for Mike. He decides this is about to become his lucky day not knowing the lady has other ideas.

Eva Salina is an attorney for the CIA. A classified file gets anonymously delivered to her outlining the details of a secret mission that went wrong 8 years ago – one in which her husband was killed. She assumes whoever gave her the file wants her to investigate the incident. After hitting one dead end after another in the States, she ends up in Peru to track down one of the three survivors of the mission.

What follows is fast paced action, luscious scenery, battles, treachery, mystery, intrigue, blood, sweat and tears, twists and turns and surprises that take you from Peru to Washington, D.C., to Quebec, to the mountains of Idaho. The characters are tough, raw, and dangerous. But what makes you fall in love with them is their vulnerability, their insecurities, their faults, their determination, their sense of right and wrong. This is a book you want to allow plenty of time to read because you are not going to want to put it down.

NOTE: To our Male Readers – This book is located in our Romance section because the publisher categorizes it Romantic Suspense. Most Romantic Suspense novels have very, very little romance in them, but plenty of intrigue and action. Take a chance and look through our Romance section. I guarantee you’ll find a whole wealth of titles to choose from that read more suspense than romance. Other authors you might enjoy are: Susanne Brockmann, Nina Bruhns, M LBuchman, Lori Foster, Catherine Mann, Stephanie Tyler.