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A Touch Of Deceit (2000)

by Gary Ponzo(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Mystery & Thriller

series

Nick Bracco Thriller

review 1: A Touch of Deceit is a Nick Bracco novel by Gary Ponzo. It is an adventure suspense. The characters are well developed so they seem to come alive. The plot is one that unfortunately could actually come to pass in the United States these days. Instead of having Iraqi or Afghani terrorists invading the United States and causing havoc, the author uses Kurds.Nick Bracco is an FBI agent who is on the verge of a burnout. His doctor says that his symptoms are most likely caused by stress and that he needs to get stress out of his life. Nick agrees but can’t seem to leave his job. When his brother is kidnapped by the terrorists, he drops everything and heads to Las Vegas to try to get his brother out. He and his partner, Matt manages to find Phil and get him out but with... moreout his kidnappers. They know they need to find the leader as quickly as possible. When the terrorists start killing families in all 50 states, the need to find them grows. It becomes personal when his cousin’s house is bombed and later when his wife is kidnapped and shot. It is more imperative than ever to find Kemel Kharrazi. Can they find him in time and stop him?
review 2: Sigh! Craptastic! This is a shell of a book. It's just words on a page. No emotion or depth. First there's the superficiality. Should have realized this was shallow, empty fluff when close to the beginning, the hero's brother is missing but he has an internal dialogue about how good looking his own wife is when he sees her. It only gets worse the more you read. Then there's the absence of suspense. Everything works out easily for the hero with no good explanation for how things magically occur, just so that he can get out of every contrived, dicey situation. Conveniently, the dude understands Kurdish and when cornered doesn't even get hurt 'cause he has just enough on hand to break out of a bad situation. Then you have heavy handed, page padding and the unnecessary reiteration of points. There was so much useless information, pages could easily be skipped without missing anything of intelligence. Hate when an author feels like they have to explain previous points. There's no need to reiterate that a guy is close to having a nervous break down if the sentences before already suggest it! He actually explains that when a mafia guy is saying let me tell you a story; listen guys, this story is not a story it's the truth disguised as a story. Argh!!!! Oh and when a guy installs security for his house; this is one of the many ways he shows how much he loves his wife. Really? Then there's the stupidity. For all his love for his wife, he doesn't ask for extra security for her? He just KNEW his boss would? Bah! And in what world do Feds send just one agent to escort someone to a safe house? Seriously? And I'm sorry a terrorist that has killed several people somehow chooses to knock an agent unconscious instead of killing him. Then he proceeds to lock the agent in the trunk of the car that he will use to kidnap someone??? Who the heck is that stupid. After this whole scene half way through the book, it had to be abandoned. Way too ridiculous! less

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