Blind Man Bluff A Tom McVann Mystery Tom McVann Mysteries Book 1 edition by John Herrick Terry Irving Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Tom McVann is angry.
He's been angry since an RPG in Lebanon took away his sight and his job as an international reporter.
He's angry that he's stuck in a beach town attending to the legal troubles of idiots.
He's angry that a man was bleeding out right in the middle of his walk.
He's angry that someone is willing to use any means from beating to drowning, to keep him from something.
He's really angry that he doesn't even know what it is he isn't supposed to do.
When Tom McVann gets angry, Tom McVann gets even.
And God help anyone who gets in his way.
Blind Man Bluff A Tom McVann Mystery Tom McVann Mysteries Book 1 edition by John Herrick Terry Irving Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
This story really got my attention immediately. The action was fast and thrilling as the blind Tom McVann managed to survive all sorts of danger—there were times when I just couldn't put the book down. But then the end came, and I felt disappointed and very let down. Other than the thrilling events, there wasn't much informative background information. Tom was a television reporter until he was injured. But how did he get from television reporter to lawyer? No explanation was ever provided, even though I thought that was a very large leap from one profession to another. Also, although the editing was okay at first, it got worse and worse with each chapter. Now a lot of errors would not have been caught by a simple spell check, because there were no misspelled words. For example, " ... he opened the lower left had drawer in his desk ..." or " ...why would any would anyone want to pay nine ..." or " ..she decided it was time to her own house and began to dress." or " ...what the hell do someone have to do to scare you?" But then, more and more, spell check should have caught other errors, so why were they still there? For example, " ... replaying a familiar role with wll-learned dialogue." or " ... there was something fetid, almot used about the air." or " ... you wasted uour money ...". These kind of proofing errors became extremely distracting, and, along with an extremely absurd ending, really made what I thought at first was a great read become something that caused me to be uninterested in reading any more in this series.Product details
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Blind Man Bluff A Tom McVann Mystery Tom McVann Mysteries Book 1 edition by John Herrick Terry Irving Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
Despite a few typos (missed by the editor) I enjoyed the book! It was easy to relate to the characters right from the beginning. Humorous at times with quotable one liners. A good, late night read that flows quickly and conjures up the memories of Philip Marlow, Mike Hammer and Sam Spade all in one.
Tom was once a reporter, very handsome and good at his job, going to war torn areas filled with strife. All that changed the day he was up close and personal to an RPG fired from the hands of a teenager.
I was skeptical at first, a blind lawyer? How could he have completed law school and read body language? However, I was most pleasantly surprised by the book. Two sisters arguing over a co-owned house, one wanting to sell and the other holding onto it with both hands...and also trying to purchase the house next door. A young man searching for his birth parents, not letting any conversation of how bad these parents might actually be dissuade him.
A murder that seems random, with no connection to any of these other things going on in the novel.
Tom's relationship with Barbara, his receptionist, which is filled with abuse and sarcasm, yet instinctively the reader knows that it is a "safe" way to show their friendship, even as she basically calls him a man-whore, wondering if he was ever going to get a case that, you know, actually would help pay the bills. But the sarcasm, he shares that with everyone, loving to use the verb "to see" because how uncomfortable it makes everyone to hear a blind man refer to visual stimuli.
And then the bullets start flying. Everywhere Tom goes, especially in respect to the property he's trying vainly to find the owners so he can fulfill his clients request to purchase. He has no idea why he's being shot at, and the mysterious calls give no answer.
Somehow, all these things are tied together, even the orphan Ian's search.
This is the beginning of a promising new series, and I hope the next book is just as interesting.
The protagonist of this thriller is a lawyer but he seems to get mixed up with the sharp end of the law and behaves more as a private investigator. I found the plot to be too convoluted and the whole real estate conundrum did not keep my interest. However, I admit that Tom McVann is an unusual hero and he is an interesting character. The ending was a complete shock so I must have been engaged with the story at some level simply because I liked this main character and was finding it easy to imagine how he felt when he was being pursued. It must be well nigh impossible to be blind and manage to survive being shot at multiple times. The sex scenes did seem superfluous to the plot and, at times, the graphic language in these scenes made for uneasy reading.
Tom McVann is a lawyer and, like justice itself, he is blind. Tom gets involved in a complicated plot surrounding war submarines where a lot of people are willing to do lots of things to keep him from getting what he wants.
The writing in Blind Man's Bluff is very nice flowing and entertaining. The way John Herrick describes the scenes and how he transmits what Tom feels is incredible, you can feel the fear and adrenaline in every step while his life is endangered by the villain in turn. Even if the story can feel a little too heavy at times, it's completely worth it to continue and see how everything ultimately unravels in what was a total surprise of an ending.
This is a nice refreshing injection of new blood to a genre that sometimes feels kind of stale. Full of sensations you will only experience joining Tom McVann in his adventures. I really hope this is not the last we see of him!
This story really got my attention immediately. The action was fast and thrilling as the blind Tom McVann managed to survive all sorts of danger—there were times when I just couldn't put the book down. But then the end came, and I felt disappointed and very let down. Other than the thrilling events, there wasn't much informative background information. Tom was a television reporter until he was injured. But how did he get from television reporter to lawyer? No explanation was ever provided, even though I thought that was a very large leap from one profession to another. Also, although the editing was okay at first, it got worse and worse with each chapter. Now a lot of errors would not have been caught by a simple spell check, because there were no misspelled words. For example, " ... he opened the lower left had drawer in his desk ..." or " ...why would any would anyone want to pay nine ..." or " ..she decided it was time to her own house and began to dress." or " ...what the hell do someone have to do to scare you?" But then, more and more, spell check should have caught other errors, so why were they still there? For example, " ... replaying a familiar role with wll-learned dialogue." or " ... there was something fetid, almot used about the air." or " ... you wasted uour money ...". These kind of proofing errors became extremely distracting, and, along with an extremely absurd ending, really made what I thought at first was a great read become something that caused me to be uninterested in reading any more in this series.
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