The Gatekeeper by James Byrne (2022)
Wow, simply wow. The most fun, most thrilling, and most purely entertaining read I've had so far this year.
How could you not love this? A 90 mile an hour pace, bone crushing action, and all of it liberally seasoned with moments to make you smile or burst into laughter.
On top of all that, you witness the birth of an unforgettable new action hero......the ever polite and charming Desmond Aloysius Limerick.......who's like a mad, mad, mad combination of Jack Reacher, James Bond, Popeye, the Hulk, Crocodile Dundee and the Lucky Charms Leprechaun.\
Yes, he's magically delicious......a battle-hardened, soldier-of-fortune mercenary with a twinkle in his eye, a ready quip on his lips, and sometimes a rock 'n roll guitar bass player (keyboards too, if called upon.)
And just like Jack Reacher, he stumbles upon, through no fault of his own, a stunning, high powered corporate goddess just as a horde of heavily armed commandos try to abduct her.
Her rescue by "Dez" is only the beginning..... as it leads to our hero uncovering, unraveling, outwitting, and doing fierce battle with a vast national conspiracy literally ripped from today's ever toxic headlines.
Along the way, very much like Robert B. Parker's Boston P.I. Spenser, Dez deploys his understated but deadly razor sharp wit to confound and enrage a host of clueless folks who make the mistake of underestimating him. (Not to mention they've no sense of ironic humor)
I can't even remember the last time I had as good a time diving into a new action-adventure book as I did with this one. And I can only hope that author Byrne is right now busy working on the the 'Gatekeeper's next adventure. Here's hoping he doesn't keep any of us waiting too long. 5 stars (*****).
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