Breach of Trust
Berkley Prime Crime
The Berkley Publishing Group
Published by The Penguin Group
A Jason Kolarich Novel
Available Now In Paperback
Jason has lost his wife and baby daughter. He should have been in the car with them. He was more familiar with road. Instead he was waiting for a call that never came. He was waiting for an informant to call with vital information, but the informant was murdered before he could place the call. Jason carries the guilt of not only losing his family but the informant had a wife and kids too.
Jason now has the opportunity to find the killer and bring him to justice. But the FBI is on to his plan as it collides with a probe of their own. He is forced into a game of wiretaps, listening devices, and danger, to help get the answers he needs and the information the FBI wants. The informant was just the tip of the iceberg. Corruption runs deep and wide, hopefully he can make it out alive.
Dollycas’s Thoughts
A corrupt governor in Illinois, no way. Ellis writes this book after serving as House Prosecutor that convicted Governor Ron Blagojevich in the impeachment trial before the Illinois Senate. He writes what he knows. This is quite a political drama.
We were introduced to Jason in Ellis’ The Hidden Man.
My only reservation about this story is that while very entertaining, the book was written so that it could be read as a stand alone. A lot of pages were filled with things from the previous book with few real necessary additions. Coming in at 546 pages the repetition took away in places what could have been a tight page turning novel. It was wonderful that the truth was revealed and came together, but having read the first book it dragged in spots. The last third of the book was completely page turning and exciting. The suspense part came through a little more in this one.
Truthfully these books could be read in any order. I would start with this one and if you want, check out The Hidden Man.
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Interesting that is would be better to read the them in order. 564 pages is a lot to take in if you don’t know the backstory. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Kaye,
Most of the highlights of the first book are in this one.
Since I did not read the first one, having the highlights from the first book would be a plus for me! Great review.
Thanks for the review.
I read this last year and enjoyed it very much. Your review allowed me to be reminded of the story and how much I liked it.
Mike