Friday, July 23, 2021

Cat's Review of 33 Minutes (An Asher Radman Mystery) by John Charles @johncharlesauth @TTCBooksandmore

 It only took 33 Minutes for them to die

Three dead, two in critical, but why?  One fact in common - all had purchased their morning coffee from the same place.  Were they the intended victims, were their deaths a cover to ruin the transgendered owner of The Coffee Stop, or were their deaths in vain?

Routine didn't exist for Senior FBI Agent Asher Radman.  He was highly respected and had proven himself with hard unsolvable cases.  To Asher, his job was his life.  Everything else slipped into the background as he worked to solve the impossible cases he was assigned

Despite intensive interviewing of coworkers who knew the victims, Asher was at a loss.  Who was the intended victim?  Was this the start of a serial killing spree?  Was there another reason why the killer poisoned only the regular coffee in The Coffee Stop?  And how did the killer get the poison into the pot of coffee?

To complicate matters, Kyle, his long-term lover had professed his undying love that very morning.  His emotions were running high, but his love for Kyle would have to be put into the container where he held all his personal passions while working a case.  There would be time for him to open that box.  It just wasn't now.

All Asher Radman Mysteries can be read as stand alone novels.


Buy link: Amazon


Cat gives this 3 Meows with a 3 purr heat index...

This is an interesting quick read. 

My favorite part though this was a mystery was the romance. I loved both Asher and Kyle and found myself wanting more of them. This isn’t the first book in the series and I’d like to find the reading order and read them all to see how Asher and Kyle met ( this has no bearing on my review except that I liked it and want more).

The mystery however I found a little lacking. The premise was great. The opening attention getting and I was intrigued but as the story went along the suspect was found too fast and though the reasoning was good the how and victims just was a bit off to me. Don't get me wrong it was really good and I do think if it was more developed and longer with a couple twists thrown in this could be a five easy. 

The romance alone is worth the read so I do recommend mend this book. 

When asked why he writes under a pseudonym, he explains it this way, “My birth name was John Charles, but shortly after I was brought home, my parents changed it to Larry.  I never got the real reason and I still have that original birth certificate.”  When he decided to write and publish, he chose to use his birth name – John Charles.

As a youngster, he had trouble reading.  While in college, he learned that he had a form of dyslexia.  When he was taught how to overcome the issues it caused, a new world opened for him.  He now reads constantly.

John loves to read M/M mystery romance as well as action / adventure novels.  He can be found with his Kindle or iPad in his hands most of the time.

He spent years in the technology industry and found himself immersed in writing marketing brochures, and technical and operations manuals.  Writing fiction was not his lifelong dream, but emerged after his youngest went off to college.  The writing bug stuck and now he writes every day.

Being single and living at the beach in southern Delaware has its benefits, too.  You can find him frequently walking along the water’s edge before the rest of the tourists and vacationers have awakened.  He says that the secluded beach time is most precious.

The plots in his novels come from real life situations.  “I have always believed that real life is more interesting than anything a person could make up.  I listen, keep my eyes open, and let the world give me the ideas that make my stories believable and interesting.”

“I find myself enjoying writing more than anything I’ve ever done in my life.”

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