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The Lightning Rod
Ged Gillmore. DeGrevilo, $3.99 e-book (300p) ASIN B09SL7Q6ZL
This tense thriller from Gillmore (the Bill Murdoch mystery series) opens late one night on a dark Sydney, Australia, street, where Anna Moore, a secretary at an investment firm, is trying to get home after a one-night stand. Anna orders an Uber, but before the vehicle arrives, she hears what sounds like a gunshot. She’s further alarmed when the car she ordered stops before reaching her. When she goes to investigate, she finds a passenger inside, who introduces himself as Daniel. The stranger persuades Anna to accept cash in exchange for being dropped off at his destination, then he expires from a stab wound to the heart. Daniel’s death leads to trouble for both Anna and the car’s driver, Bassam Beydoun. Anna’s set up as the killer by an amoral undercover police officer, who’s been trying to bust the drug lord Daniel was working for. The cash-strapped Bassam places himself in peril when he tries to sell the drugs stored in the luggage Daniel left in his trunk. Gillmore takes the plot to surprising places as he alternates between the dilemmas of his two leads. Suspense fans will get their money’s worth. (Self-published)

Reviewed by Publishers Weekly on 07/01/2022

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