Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for giving me this opportunity to review Justice Gone by N. Lombardi Jr.
A beaten homeless vet. Three cops gunned down. A multistate manhunt. The trial of the decade.
A new kind of legal thriller
When a homeless war veteran is beaten to death by the police, stormy protests ensue, engulfing a small New Jersey town. Soon after, three cops are gunned down.
A multi-state manhunt is underway for a cop killer on the loose. And Dr Tessa Thorpe, a veteran’s counselor, is caught up in the chase.
Donald Darfield, an African-American Iraqi war vet, war-time buddy of the beaten man, and one of Tessa’s patients, is holed up in a mountain cabin. Tessa, acting on instinct, sets off to find him, but the swarm of law enforcement officers gets there first, leading to Darfield’s dramatic capture.
Now, the only people separating him from the lethal needle of state justice are Tessa and ageing blind lawyer, Nathaniel Bodine. Can they untangle the web tightening around Darfield in time, when the press and the justice system are baying for revenge?
This isn’t something I would normally read but I am so glad I gave it a chance, It was such a captivating book that played on your emotions from the start. I couldn’t put it down. It certainly got you thinking of how the state of certain countries are these days, especially with how they treat their veterans and how the way in which some police treat people they see as below them. This was a very well written book that draws you in.
5/5
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Author Bio
N. Lombardi Jr, the N for Nicholas, has spent over half his life in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, working as a groundwater geologist. Nick can speak five languages: Swahili, Thai, Lao, Chinese, and Khmer (Cambodian).
In 1997, while visiting Lao People’s Democratic Republic, he witnessed the remnants of a secret war that had been waged for nine years, among which were children wounded from leftover cluster bombs. Driven by what he saw, he worked on The Plain of Jars for the next eight years.
Nick maintains a website with content that spans most aspects of the novel: The Secret War, Laotian culture, Buddhism etc. http://plainofjars.net
His second novel, Journey Towards a Falling Sun, is set in the wild frontier of northern Kenya.
His latest novel, Justice Gone was inspired by the fatal beating of a homeless man by police.
Nick now lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
*I received a finished copy of this book from the publisher/author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review
Wonderful review Jolene! I like how you are able to express your opinion so effectively.
I love your work so much that I have subscribed to your blog. Thank you for writing such a beautiful review!
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Thank you for your kind words
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Thanks Jolene for your upbeat review of my novel. I’m happy you liked it. If you could post the review on Goodreads, I would appreciate it. In any case thanks for your support.
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Review has been left on Goodreads.
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Thanks so much, it means a lot to me
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