What does a famous fallen football star and a couple of millionaires have in common? Well, not much except the football star wants money and the millionaires want a heir. Griff Burkett was a well known hero until he was caught cheating in the game of football. He spent five long years in prison. When he got out, he was summoned by millionaires Foster Speakerman and Laura Speakerman to do a job. The job was to impregnate Laura to give the couple a heir. Due to an accident two years earlier, the Speakerman’s were unable to perform this job themselves. For his services and his continued silence he would be compensated greatly.

But all these plans went array when Foster decided he didn’t nee Griff any longer after he got Laura pregnant. He tried to have him killed, but ended up being killed himself. This is when the story gets interesting. A very corrupt police officer decides to go after Griff for the murder. There are many twists and turns in the story and when you think you have things just about figured out, Sandra Brown throws another curve ball in the mix.

I have been reading Sandra Brown’s books for quite a while now and I have to say that this book was probably one of her best. So if you want to read a book that covers all the elements and will keep you turning the pages for more, then I highly suggest you get yourself a copy of Play Dirty.

Just recently I had the opportunity of having a book from Crackjaw Publishing delivered in my mail. Although the book they sent me was not exactly the type of book that I normally read, I was willing to step out of my comfort zone and try it. And I am quite pleased that I did.

This book Avenging Abe is written by author Eric Mortensen. Up until I got possession of this book, I had never heard tell of this author. But after having read his work of art, I will definitely be looking forward to other publications of his.

The Book:

The story of Abe Lincoln’s death and cover up just needed to be told. And this author did a wonderful job of telling the stories. By displaying such characters as Captain Jason Gosse and Kevin Hughes the author was easily able to tell of all the events leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln as well as the massive cover up after the assassination. Although there were many more key players in this story, these two characters are definitely the core characters of the book.

Basically what the reader learns is that in the year 1863 the government learned that there was to be an assassination attempt on the president’s life. So these two characters were to be used to save the president’s life. If saving his life was a failure they were then directed to help in the cover up which would fool the entire country. Throughout the book we follow their journey and their trials and tribulations by trying to follow the government’s orders in the cover up.

Each page was chalked full of action and suspense. And I honestly couldn’t wait to turn the page to see what would happen next. There were so many surprises and twists that reading it was like reading a jigsaw puzzle. Honestly this was a book that I figured I may like, but as it turned out, I loved it.

If your a history buff and would like to read all about the assassination and cover up of the president’s death in the 1800’s, then I highly suggest that you get your hands on a copy of this great book.