Review: "Diesel Therapy (Selena Book 2)" by Greg Barth

Diesel Therapy is the second in the Selena series and opens with Selena in prison. U.S. attorney Albert Harding as well as assistant U. S. attorney Scott Howard think she knows things and will talk if given the right incentive. They want her to talk about Pete Malucci to help build their case. They intend to get her

to make a deal with her one way or the other.  They will try the carrot and when that does not work they will resort to the stick.

It does not matter what they do as Selena is not remotely inclined to talk about Pete Malucci or anything else. It isn’t just because she doesn’t know anything. She is recovering from the events of the first book and isn’t about to accept being used by others. Facing life without parole in the federal prison system she figures things can’t get any worse. Selena is very wrong about that in Diesel Therapy by Greg Barth.

If you read the first book in this series, Selena,  you know you are in for a wild ride crime story filled with graphic language and descriptions, lots of violent action, and plenty of folks you really don’t want anywhere near you and yours. If you didn’t read the first book, you are warned that this book and the series is graphic in every way possible and filled with violence from start to finish. Selena is in a fight for her life and intends to extract an often bloody retribution on those who would abuse her. Violent and intense with everything in great detail on the page, Diesel Therapy by Greg Barth is a good read that is most definitely not for all readers. 

Diesel Therapy (Selena Book 2)

Greg Barth

All Due Respect Books

http://www.allduerespectbooks.com

November 2015

ASIN#: B018R5MMSC

eBook (Print available)

389 Pages

$2.99

Material supplied by the publisher quite some time ago in exchange for my objective review.

Kevin R. Tipple ©2016

Review: "Selena" by Greg Barth

When you get a book released by All Due Respect Books you know that in all likelihood you will get one heck of a graphic crime filled read. Selena, the first installment of a three book series penned by Greg Barth, definitely meets the All Due Respect Books standard.  Not only is Selena book one of a three book series, this book is made up of three novellas that tell the tale.

Waking up with a hangover is always a negative. It is made worse this afternoon for Selena as she is naked and in the bed of some guy. She has no idea what his name would be or even were she is at. Based on what she feels on her thigh the latest attempt at safe sex failed. Selena gets dressed and before she leaves she swipes his cash and his cigarette lighter. She also swipes a music CD.

That was her big time mistake. Swiping the cash and the cigarette lighter might have been ignored. Taking the CD was a huge mistake as what is on it is certainly not music. There are very dangerous people who will want it back. They will track down the 98 pound twenty something stripper and unleash their fury on her. Their mistake will be in letting her live.

Graphic in terms of actions, descriptions, violence, and every other way possible, Selena by Greg Barth is pulpy crime fiction from start to finish. One could easily dismiss it as a violence filled revenge tale, but it is far more complicated than that. On the surface massive amounts of drugs and alcohol are consumed, sex is had, and many people are killed or if lucky just maimed a bit. At a deeper level, Selena is on a journey of self-discovery and is being molded by people and events throughout the course of the book.

Carnage frequently rules the read as Selena rolls through often leaving bodies in her wake. In many cases, she is left with very few options and is in a kill or be killed situation. Selena by Greg Barth is certainly not for everyone. If you don’t like graphic violence, graphic language, etc., this is not the read for you. If you prefer cozy cats and books where the most action happens when the detective runs for a bus or chases somebody down the street before losing them, this read is not for you. However, if you ever watched Charles Bronson in the Death Wish movies and thought he did not blast enough bad guys, or that John Wick got to a good start though he talked too much to the bad guys and should have just killed everyone in sight, Selena by Greg Barth is definitely the read for you.  

Review copy provided by Mike Monson of All Due Respect Books quite some time ago in exchange for my objective review. Mr. Monson has also supplied review copies of Diesel Therapy: Selena Book Two as well as the upcoming third book in the series, Suicide Lounge. 

Kevin R. Tipple ©2016

FREE Book Alert-- "Selena" by Greg Barth

Selena by Greg Barth is currently FREE in the eBook format over on Amazon. If you buy a book published by All Due Respect Books you know going in violence and graphic language will be on full display.  All Due Respect publishes graphic crime filled books where cozy style tales have no place. The cover alone should make it clear what you are getting so don't complain later.

Having read this-- working on my review--- and enjoyed it a lot I can tell you it is one heck of a ride. 

Amazon synopsis:


Scatter shot revenge.

Selena is living the dream on her terms – carefree and sloppy and all in the pursuit of pleasure. When a careless act of petty theft puts her in the crosshairs of a violent crime syndicate, her choices are clear – either curl up and die, or tear down the whole damned organization one bloody shotgun blast at a time.

Nothing will satisfy her but savage retribution. Nothing can stop her. Get ready.

Cover design by Dyer Wilk. Edited by Chris Rhatigan and Rob Pierce. Published by Mike Monson and Chris Rhatigan.

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