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Mailbox Monday is a gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house during the last week.
Doug Richardson, is already a well respected and eminent voice in the world of novel authorship, script writing for cinema and film production.
Fiction Books has been fortunate enough to be contacted by Doug, who offers the chance for me to read and pass on my thoughts, about his latest thriller ‘The Safety Expert’, which will be available from December 7th 2011.
THE SAFETY EXPERT
Synopsis and cover image courtesy of the author
“Ben Keller lives life by one simple rule. Safety first. Ben is keenly aware of life’s hidden dangers. Ben never smokes. Ben always uses the crosswalk. Ben always drives within the speed limit. He has to be because safety is his business. From his home in Simi Valley, California, one of the safest cities in the United States, Ben works hard at living a perfectly normal, perfectly uneventful, perfectly safe life.
And life is good until the past reaches into the present. In the dark of the night, a man crosses a lonely intersection and is struck by a car, setting events in motion that will unravel the finely stitched strands of Ben’s cocoon, from a recently retired porn actress who is desperate to be a mother to the butch cop determined to shield her young son from the whisperings of the queen bee moms at his private school to the addict who is clawing to hold onto the sobriety which cages the violence within him.
A long dismissed demon has resurfaced, presenting Ben with a most unsafe dilemma: preserve the haven he has carefully built for himself or confront the evildoer who decimated his carefree young life all those years ago.
Ben is in danger. Ben’s world is unsafe. Ben’s life will be changed forever. Again.”
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The shadowy world of the thriller is one of my most favourite genres, so I am doubly pleased to have the opportunity to read this book, whose plot reads like the stuff nightmares are made of and seemingly has more twists and turns than a snake in the grass.
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As this was an author invitation to read and review, a copy of ‘The Safety Expert’ was sent to me free of charge.
This will in no way influence any comments I may express about the book, in any blog article I may post. Any thoughts or comments are my own personal opinion and I am in no way being monetarily compensated for this, or any other article.
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Hope that you all got some great reading goodies and have a fantastic week everyone!
Nice blog.
Elizabeth
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Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for stopping by and leaving comment, it is much appreciated.
We seem to enjoy similar reading tastes in crime/thriller books, so I shall no doubt be visiting your site on a more regular basis, in the future.
Have a great week.
Ooh, this one sounds wonderful! Enjoy!
And thanks for sharing….
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Hi Laurel Rain and as always, thanks for stopping by.
I must admit that I am expecting great things from this one, if the author Doug Richardson’s track record, is anything to go by.
I have never heard of this one.
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Hi Martha,
This is an author that I have never come across before, but he is already well established in the media world and has quite a following for his previous couple of books, so I am expecting a good storyline and some great characterisations.
I have never seen this book before, it does sound interesting. Hope you enjoy it!
Hello Anne,
Thanks for the visit and the lovely comments.
The synopsis in itself, intrigued me with this book.
It sounds like such a mundane, benign start, which then deteriorates very quickly into something much more sordid and sinister.
I am really looking forward to getting started on it.
I don’t read many thrillers but I have to say this sounds good. I hope you think so!
Hi Mary,
The synopsis has got me very intrigued, I have to say.
I haven’t opened the PDF yet, so I am eagerly waiting to see what the first few lines tell me about the storyline.
Thanks for stopping by, it is always great to hear from you.
This sounds a very intriguing book.
Hi Mystica,
I am certainly intrigued to know what terrible thing that Ben has done in his past, it doesn’t sound like a story for the faint-hearted, that’s for sure.
Thanks for the visit.
Yvonne…this sounds like a good one; enjoy.
Hello Diane,
I have been reading a variety of different genres just lately and it will be good to get back to a good old dose of crime/thriller with a bit of violence thrown in.
This book sounds like it is going to fit the bill nicely, so I am looking forward to it.
Thanks for commenting and I hope that you have a great week
This is a new to me title and it does sound very good! It sounds like this man’s life is in for some drastic changes! And not for the good!
Hi Beth,
Thanks for stopping by, it’s great to talk with you.
I get the impression that Ben is already a bad boy turned good and that now the roles are about to be switched back in some way. It would seem that there are to be plenty of twists and turns in this story before we get to the truth of it all.
Sounds like an interesting read, enjoy!
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Hi Mary Ann,
I really am looking forward to reading this one, it is definitely next on the reading shelf, as it is an author request to review, so not too long to wait!!
Thanks for the visit today and enjoy your week