Book Review | One Beats The Bush by Riall Nolan - The First in the Max Donovan Adventure Series

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One Beats The Bush is a well-paced action thriller that ticks multiple boxes; page-turning twists, fight scenes, a lot of crime and, more importantly, a main character you cannot help but love. Vietnam veteran Max Donovan is in Bangkok, and very hungover, when his friend “Fat” Freddie Fields is arrested in San Francisco for the murder of an Australian diplomat. He knows his old buddy would never hurt a fly, so he rushes back to the Bay Area to help. Suspecting Freddie is being framed, Donovan tries to rustle up some cash to bail him out, but only succeeds in getting into trouble with the local mob.  He’ll have to solve the case on his own. Unfortunately, the only clue he has suggest the answer lies in the jungle-covered mountains of Papua New Guinea. As he comes face-to-face with smugglers, hostile tribesmen, insurgents, and a web of corruption and deception, can Donovan achieve what is seemingly impossible? Nolan has managed to achieve a page-turning action thriller that doesn’t feel
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Book Review | The Rule of Three by Sam Ripley - An Unputdownable, Twisty Thriller

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The Rule of Three is an addictive, unputdownable thriller but be warned you will finish this book with more questions than answers. 

That’s the one. That’s the girl who’s going to die.
I didn’t believe in the Rule of Three. Not at first. It was just one of those urban myths you hear about all the time. A story my boyfriend told me about a girl cursed by the number three. A girl whose parents had killed themselves after her sibling had died in an accident. Which meant that she was doomed to die too because that’s the Rule of Three.
Bad things always happen in threes, they say, and they are right. Because it’s happening again. But this time the curse is coming for me. And worst of all? It’s coming for you, too. 

The Rule of Three kept me on the edge of my seat, I was forever seconding guessing what was going on. As someone who reads a lot of thrillers I have a love/hate relationship with being able to guess the big twists - I love the feeling of accomplishment but then hate myself for ruining the shock. But thankfully Ripley made that impossible for me as I was left clueless until the very last page. 

Ripleys writing style is extremely calculated, meaning he has mastered the art of subconsciously making you continue reading. The book is written in four parts and each part ends somewhat unfinished, forcing you to read on to find out the outcome. That being said, it never felt like a chore. I became so lost in the pages that it happened seamlessly and effortlessly - I simply didn’t want to put it down! 

Thank you Random Things Tours and Simon & Schuster for having me on this blog tour, the pleasure is always mine. Click here to buy from an independent bookshop!
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