This third thriller in the series (The
Contractors and Shadow
Boys) finds Jon Cantrell away from Dallas and down the road to the
south about a hundred miles. Now, a few months after recent events, he is the
relatively new Sheriff Jonathan Cantrell of Peterson County. Located in the
Waco area, the county has
various businesses including a private run for profit
prison. It also has an out of control deputy wanted for drug abuse, beating on
his wife (currently in the hospital recovering from broken ribs, a cracked
orbital socket, and other injuries), as well as some other legal issues. When
found the man isn’t going to go peacefully.
Jon Cantrell got his job thanks to
his checkered past and some connections he has made over the years. All of that
is about to haunt him again when Price Anderson shows up. These days he is head
of security for Sudamento. They own a third of the electric power plants in
Texas including at least one in the immediate area. Based on the two area wide power
failures in the last 90 minutes during this clear and hot day, they have a
problem.
A problem that Jon Cantrell wants no
part of as his current job is a chance at new start and some stability in his
life. He has plenty to deal with privately regarding Piper and their new baby, not
to mention the situation involving the deputy. Before Cantrell could get the
deputy into custody he got himself murdered. Cantrell probably even saw the
suspect leaving the scene at a nearby motel. None of that matters to the
multiple tentacles of Federal Law Enforcement that insist he must become fully
involved in the apparent attack on the power grid. He could refuse as this is
America after all, but they have plenty of leverage that can be bought to bear
to make his life unbearable.
The Grid: A Jon Cantrell Thriller is another good one that shifts in point of view from Jon, to
the killer, and a few others at various points in the complex three hundred
plus page read. Frequently graphic in terms of violence and sexual
content, Cantrell works multiple investigations that span significant sections
of the state. Neither situation is easily solved which makes for quite the read
in The
Grid: A Jon Cantrell Thriller.
The Grid: A Jon Cantrell Thriller
Harry Hunsicker
Thomas & Mercer (Amazon)
ISBN# 978-1477827659
Paperback (also available in audio
and e-book forms)
330 Pages
$15.95
Material supplied by the author in
exchange for my objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2015
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