Serenity
Shelby Alexander #1
by: Craig A. Hart
Publication date: October 14th 2016
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Crime
Do You Love Thrillers? The New Shelby Alexander Thriller Series Is Here! Don't Forget To Breathe... A woman dies in his arms...a drug dealer offers him $10,000...a gunman is determined to kill him. And then everything goes to hell.
Shelby Alexander is an aging ex-boxer and retired fixer, whose activities often flirted with the wrong side of the law. Looking for a little peace and a slower pace of life, he moved to Serenity, the small Michigan town where he grew up. But trouble follows men like Shelby, and he finds himself embroiled in an underworld of drugs and violence that may prove to be his undoing. The first book in the new Shelby Alexander Thriller Series, Serenity is an action-packed read with a lovingly rendered cast, witty dialogue, and a main character who doesn't know when to quit.
I got this from the author. He was featured in one of the newsletters that I signed up for. The newsletter said to just email Mr. Hart if I was interested to review his book. And I did and here I am reviewing it. This review just took a while to come out because I only got the chance to read the book last month.
This is the
first of a series. And of course, my first to read a book by this
author. Shelby Alexander is obviously the main character in this
story. He is a retired boxer. This is how, by some unfortunate event,
a dead body was found on his yard to be precise, got him
started on being a private detective. Serenity is the name of the
town which to me is a contradiction. It is in no way serene. First a
dead body, then a turf war between two drug-dealing cartels. What's
serene in that?
I think I stumbled on a gem. Craig A. Hart is a good find. I was fortunate that
I listened to my instincts to sign up to review this book because this
was such a suspenseful read. I felt sorry for Shelby being a greenhorn
in private investigation and be constantly shot at. He only just
started and it seemed like people are out to terminate him. Not a
good omen for a starting PI, right? Not to mention, he did not on his
own volition decide to be a PI. He was approached to dig and ask
around to find the killer of the dead boy and how it ended up on his
property. What's more, he is now in close contact with very
shady characters. The very same people who trusted him to find
the people responsible for the death of their sister. Yes, the
dead body in his yard was the sister of the major drug-dealing family
in Serenity. With the danger he is in becoming more real and
deadlier, Shelby used the resources available to him, like his girl
friend who works at a bar and a friend who is not from Serenity.
In the end,
it turned out a lot of interests are playing this deadly game. Selfish,
very deadly and high stakes are involved and Shelby has to outwit the
unknown and faceless enemy to stay alive and save those that are caught
in the crossfire.
Thank you Mr. Hart for this worthwhile read. Looking forward to reading more of your books, whether in this same genre or not.
There was a hunger inside humanity, a craving for conflict. It was how it pulled itself out of the ooze and rose to rule the planet. It was biology.
- Craig A. Hart, Serenity -
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