Deadly Refuge

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Summary: A great Thriller
Review: Howard Gimple really involves you in his book. "Deadly Refuge" is a book of suspense, thrills, and humor. For those living in Long Island, it shows a place you can relate to.

Rating:
Summary: Great book
Review: Now my opinion may be a little bit biased since my dad is the author of "Deadly Refuge" but I still enjoyed the book very much.

I was 13 when the book came out, and although I was extremely excited that my dad had published his own novel, I wasn't all that thrilled about reading it.

But then about a year and half later, I decided to read it for english class for a book report, and to tell you the truth, I loved it.

It's very well written and is extremely entertaining if you know Long Island (and even more so for me, because there are scenes describing my living room, which I know very well).

There are some intense scenes, and I think it ends well.

Now, I'm not just telling you to buy this book because it could help send me to college, but buy it because it's funny, and a pleasure to read.

And maybe if enough people buy, it can prompt my dad to write a sequel, which of course, the star will be based after his amazing 15 year old daught. ;)

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Summary: Terrorism on Long Island
Review: Review of "Deadly Refuge" by Howard Gimple

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"Deadly Refuge" is a fast-moving tale of terrorism in the unlikely setting of Long Island. The equally unlikely protagonist is Hannah Swensen, a bird watcher and wild life enthusiast who discovers strange goings-on in the heart of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, close to Kennedy Airport.

When she teams up with a U.S. Customs Special Agent called Jack Lager, Hannah is drawn into a series of dangerous adventures as they try to identify an enemy who is both mysterious and completely ruthless. The drama is heightened by the ordinariness of the Long Island suburban landscape, and anyone who knows the Island will enjoy the use the author makes of familiar settings such as Riverhead, Farmingdale, and the Long Island Expressway.

It would give too much away to explain who the terrorists prove to be, or what is their target, but the action keeps going until the satisfying d?nouement on the last page.

Rating:
Summary: Terrorism on Long Island
Review: Review of "Deadly Refuge" by Howard Gimple

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"Deadly Refuge" is a fast-moving tale of terrorism in the unlikely setting of Long Island. The equally unlikely protagonist is Hannah Swensen, a bird watcher and wild life enthusiast who discovers strange goings-on in the heart of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, close to Kennedy Airport.

When she teams up with a U.S. Customs Special Agent called Jack Lager, Hannah is drawn into a series of dangerous adventures as they try to identify an enemy who is both mysterious and completely ruthless. The drama is heightened by the ordinariness of the Long Island suburban landscape, and anyone who knows the Island will enjoy the use the author makes of familiar settings such as Riverhead, Farmingdale, and the Long Island Expressway.

It would give too much away to explain who the terrorists prove to be, or what is their target, but the action keeps going until the satisfying dénouement on the last page.

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Summary: Lawn Guyland gets the thrillah it deserves
Review: This nimbly plotted thriller delivers the goods, genre-wise -- plenty of splashy violence ensues when a gutsy ingenue faces down your basic sinister international conspiracy reaching to the highest levels of government -- but it's the persuasively rendered Long Island milieu and deftly humorous characterizations that stand out. Above all, the heroine's doddering, happily pixilated mom is a rich comic creation who could carry a sequel, or a series, all by herself.

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Summary: Deadly Refuge
Review: Through witty dialogue and a suspenseful plot, Howard Gimple offers the reader an absorbing contemporary thriller with a dash of romance woven in. Hannah Swensen, a wildlife photographer and thirty-something divorcee living with her colorful mother, finds herself solidly embroiled in a mystery one day while out shooting the mating ritual of a male egret at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Hannah's roll of film captures more than it should have and lands her in the middle of an international conspiracy of smuggling and murder, linking South Africa and Long Island, New York. Jack Lager, a U.S. Customs investigator, follows clues that lead him to the Wildlife Refuge-and Hannah. Their unlikely partnership in solving the crimes results in a roller-coaster ride of compelling drama and keen suspense.

--Sherrill Jones