Reviewed by Shirley Barlow

I bought your three books (in the Illuminati series) at the Belfast Farmer’s Market a few weeks ago and have just finished the third. You should be warned that I was born and raised in Maine and am not known for my hyperbole. That said: I think your writing was fantastic. I like a book that tells me things I don’t know. Growing up in East Boothbay was not a place where I would learn much about the middle east or human trafficking for that matter. Beyond that, you made your characters real and relatable. I have the quirky habit, both in books and in movies looking for small slip ups. I was excited about finding one in book #1 and held onto it like a smooth stone in my pocket, By the final book I decided, you probably intentionally put it in to see if your readers were paying attention. No kidding, I really loved your writing and have not been as excited about a writer since I discovered Wally Lamb, decades ago. I don’t understand why this book is not on the best seller list given the politics of our present lives. Loved the last sentence or close to the last one.