FATAL AMBITION - Murder Thriller by Don Farmer w/Chris Curle

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE synopsis of FATAL AMBITION: Nikki Z is a love-her-or-hate-her news anchor on Atlanta TV. Cassie Page is an African-American crime reporter for a cable news giant. Her lover is Jimmy Hagan, an Irish-American police detective. Rudy Decker is a flashy playboy, a user and abuser of women, getting rich selling the body parts of slaughtered black bears. Human life is cheap, too. A sexy TV talent coach is murdered. Nikki Z is kidnapped. But, Rudy's bloody schemes are threatened by Cassie and Jimmy and by wronged women set on revenge. VISIT: www.DonFarmer.com About the Authors Don Farmer and Chris Curle are veteran journalists who have interviewed thousands of people, some of the best in the world and some of the worst, in some of the best places on the planet and some of the most dangerous. In eighty-one countries on six continents, they covered wars and peace talks, historic figures from presidents to the Beatles, heroes and villains. Their experience in major media includes ABC News, CNN and network TV stations in Washington DC, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Houston, Their first novel, Deadly News, also is set in the TV news business. What experts are saying: -Don Farmer again weaves an insider?s knowledge of television news through an action-packed tale about bad men, feisty women and ambitions that turn deadly.? --Neal Boortz ? Best-selling author and former national talk show host -TV news veterans Don Farmer and Chris Curle are back with a thrilling story of greed, jealousy and murder. Police and reporters chase kidnappers and bear poachers as they follow the deadly mistakes of flawed men and vengeful women.? --Clark Howard, Nationally syndicated radio talk show host -Fatal Ambition is another edge-of-your-seat thriller by award-winning authors Don Farmer & Chris Curle, whose intimate knowledge of TV news is on full display." --Bert Rudman ? News Director Sinclair Broadcast Group, Eugene OR -Don Farmer has written a thoroughly engrossing story. As a veteran newsman and TV anchor, Farmer captures the strong personalities of the newsroom and the ?can?t look away? drama of a riveting news story. Great characters, strong women, a vile villain and a plot that keeps you turning pages.? --Rebecca Chase Williams ? former ABC News Correspondent & former Mayor of Brookhaven GA Jackie M.5.0 out of 5 stars Another winner by the Farmer/Curle duoReviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019The two types of books I enjoy most are edge of your seat mysteries and novels that can make me laugh. "Fatal Ambition" delivers on both counts. When an abrasive news anchor is kidnapped by a bumbling group of animal rights crazies, police detective Jimmy Hagan and crime reporter Cassie Page team up once again to bring the perpetrators to justice. Throw in a sociopath with a gambling problem, a poacher trafficking in black bear body parts, and two jilted woman set on revenge, and you have more than enough suspense and action. But the writer's dry, scalpel-sharp sense of humor will provide lots of chuckles along the way. (I defy you to read pg. 183 without laughing out loud!) Highly recommended! MaggieG134.0 out of 5 stars Great fun merged with a crime spree!Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019Fatal AmbitionDon Farmer with Chris CurleHeadline Books 2020348 pagesFor those of us who enjoyed the co-authors' previous novel, Deadly News in 2013, it is a delight to see them back with this new offering featuring a few of the same major characters. Jimmy Hagan and Cassandra "Cassie" Page are back as is Bren Forrest, head of Global News Service network. Cassie is a prestigious crime/investigative reporter at Bren's GNS and Jimmy is now Chief of Detectives at Atlanta PD. They have been sharing a condo for some time now and enjoying a mostly compatible loving co-existence despite the hectic pace of their careers. No worries if you did not read Deadly News, your enjoyment will not be diminished.The story opens with the kidnapping of an Atlanta TV anchor, Nikki Zachos or "Nikki Z." She is known not only for her hard-bitten reporting style but also for a sable coat that she wears on her 5-foot 10-inch frame. Surely a sight not to be missed by anyone within a few hundred feet of her presence. Ordered by her boss to have dinner at an expensive Atlanta eatery with Hunter Freeman, Nikki shows up. However, she is not in any mood to listen to the Avon Lady turned image consultant to TV celebrities and exits the restaurant after basically telling Hunter what to do with her advice. Hunter innocently calls a phone number as directed by her boyfriend Rudy Decker to announce that Nikki has left the building. She is a pawn in Rudy's treachery and pays a dear price for trusting him. Nikki is waylaid outside the restaurant by members of PAP, People are the Problem, a pro-animal group that hates Nikki and her fur coat.What follows in the next 300+ pages is a romp through the industry of the 24-hour news cycle when one of their own is the victim of a major crime. That is once they accepted that she was actually a victim and had not disappeared of her own accord. I found it to be a smart complex story of multiple crimes spread from Naples, Florida to the hills of northern Georgia, that kept my attention throughout. Somehow the co-authors manage to blend murders, torture killings of bears for their body parts, and humans generally behaving abominably to each other with massive amounts of humor. Then bring all the storylines together at the end. In the meanwhile, they have delivered smart dialogue and descriptions of the characters conjuring vivid images in the reader's mind. Time well spent in my opinion.I give Fatal Ambition 4.5 stars and recommend it to anyone who is looking for a fun read that is also intelligent.

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