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Acts of Nature

by Jonathon King

 

Max Freeman (a former Philadelphia Police Officer turned Florida PI) and his girlfriend, Sherry Richards (a Detective in Broward County Florida) take some time off work to do some mutual discovering of each other as both friends and lovers. They go to Max's cabin in the Florida Everglades, cut off from society--away from everyone and everything.

It's late October, the end of hurricane season when Hurricane Simone, a category three with hundred-mile-an-hour winds hits the Florida Everglades and leaves Sherry severely injured. Now it's up to Max to get her (and himself) to safety.

In their effort to escape the ravaged Everglades and find safety and medical help they encounter Buck and his flunkies, Markus and Wayne, two-bit thieves who saw the hurricane as an opportunity that would work in their favor. While Max and Sherry are being held hostage by Buck and his flunkies, things become even more complicated when Harmon and his partner, Squires, are dropped by helicopter into the area. Harmon and Squires work for an unsavory oil company involved in illegal drilling operations in the Everglades. There to get photos of the damage and a general disposition of the property, they are also a force to be reckoned with. It’s the job of Harmon and his partner to forever silence anyone with any knowledge of the illegal oil drilling.

Acts of Nature has a moving dialog and an interesting cast of characters. Jonathon King writes with plenty of action and adventure.

I felt the characters were somewhat weak. More in-depth character development would have made this an outstanding novel. Overall I really did enjoy Acts of Nature.

The Book
Dutton/Pengun Group, Inc.
August 2, 2007
Hardcover
978-0-525-95008-0
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The Reviewer

Connie Harris
Reviewed 2007
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