Brazen Violations by Jonathan Macpherson

Not enough to make it a movie script in the reading, just enough to make you think about who would star in that movie should it ever come to pass. More than enough action, with a touch of a cinematic feel to it, there's also some human compassion to offset the 'what the' moments. It's a nice balance of high-octane, big bad guys against one good guy in a fight for right style of storytelling. This novella leads onto a fuller story around Mitch in BRAZEN VIOLATIONS, where Mitch is still stepping in to help his family, generating a world of pain and complications for himself in the process. Not that Mitch Walker is a dodgy character, he's just down on his luck, jobless, and a bit lost when his sister and his desperately ill nephew are involved in a hit and run, at the same time that a mildly pissed Mitch intervenes in an armed robbery in progress, and he goes from hero, to a heap of trouble in a very short space of time. Given the restricted length of a novella, there's no mucking about with PRIOR VIOLATIONS, right from the start you're knee deep in some very dodgy goings on.

PRIOR VIOLATIONS is the prequel novella to BRAZEN VIOLATIONS, both of them are high-octane, action based thrillers in styling, dark and violent with a believable, sympathetic central character. Made for a particularly unusual reading experience although the music would probably mean more to fans of American TV and movies, nearly all of which I've not seen.

Having been lucky enough to be offered a copy of PRIOR VIOLATIONS for review I was intrigued to see it come with it's own curated Spotify music list.

Brazen Violations by Jonathan Macpherson