As we continue to live under the threat of terrorists, our ears are continually on the open for news or headlines about subversive actions all over the world.

Have our lives changed? Yes, I would everyone say to some degree.

The troubling thoughts and actions of so few affect and effect so many!

Have you ever thought if your child was kidnapped?

Will they come back to you alive?

Will Ambassador Halton’s daughter be used as trade bait?

Gabriel Allon refuses to give in or give up!

No one can locate Elizabeth Halton!

Why did they take her?

Oh, I failed to mention her father is a billionaire!

Seems as if money is indeed the same no matter where you are from!

Gabriel Allon vs. Jihadist extremists, who will get what they want?

The terrorists give their demands and the hunt starts.

To me this great Daniel Silva was in one word “deep”, full of insights into the minds of radical beliefs, life of a killer and his past life with his family, and some of the questions raised by our own government and their methods of dealing with terrorists.

Read the novel, “The Secret Servant!”

As I turned the corner and looked behind me, I sensed someone’s presence!

Oh! OK! It’s just my Mom!

I remember playing as a spy when visiting the downtown area as a young man! Man! This spy stuff is fun!

We have all as reading or playing been in that mode where our senses are heightened, our “world” seems foreign, and our friends could have infiltrated our group!

Little did I know that “Dr. No and From Russia With Love” would so much influence my adult reading life!

Daniel Silva captures the essence of the spy game with every book he writes about Gabriel Allon.

In “The English Assassin“, Gabriel heads to Zurich to restore a painting for millionaire banker, Augustus Rolfe.

Or is he?

Gabriel goes in and finds the banker dead and is arrested for the “murder.”

Herr Peterson, the head of the police department, knows the real truth and finally through government negotiations, Allon is released.

Anna Rolfe, daughter of the dead banker, has to find out what really happened to her estranged father. Gabriel is sent to help.

They are both drawn into an underground world of political power, stolen art, a suicide, and a “hit” is put out on Anna!

You know these types of novels just never get old!

Get “The English Assassin” for yourself!

You know computers could really be “The Devil’s Code!”

Every hackers dream is to disrupt!

Every hackers dream is to steal!

Can hackers bring down our way of life as we know it now?

What did Jack Morrison know?

Why was he murdered?

What does AmMath Corporation have to hide?

St. John Corbeil, President of AmMath, is he a ruthless killer?

Did Lane Ward, Jack’s sister, have anything to do with his death?

Did the National Security Agency have Jack killed?

Wow, a lot of questions raised by the this olde but goode novel about one of Mr. Sandford best characters, Kidd.

Computers are now such a part of just about everyone’s life. We surf the web, we blog, we pay bills, we purchase merchandise, we absorb a lot of instantly breaking news, and probably the latest and greatest dimension is the social media aspect where we closely interact with our fellow computer enerds!

Kidd was a computer expert in a circle of hackers that included Jack Morrison.

Lane received information from Jack in the event of his death to contact Kidd to help her find his killer.

Little did Kidd and his partner LuEllen realize that they was about to step into a government conspiracy that was far “above” the megabits they were used to dealing with!

Yes this is a great novel for the net conspiracy buff!

As always I do not like to reveal to much of the plot and encourage you get “The Devil’s Code” for yourself and enjoy!

My wife and I started dating in high school.

Our families were much the same with both fathers working and both mothers homemakers.

Values were taught through our family life.

I am glad my Dad was not a politician, nor my future father-in-law.

The peer pressure was enough, but I cannot imagine being a daughter or son of an American President. Even dating one or the other!

But Michael Garrick, who works at the White House for Edgar Simon the lead counsel for President Hartson, crosses my comfort line as is dating Nora, the President’s daughter.

Nora or Shadow, her Secret Service code name, has the young lawyer spellbound with her thrill a minute lifestyle.

Their first date turns into a “back-breaker” for Michael as he and Nora spot his boss Mr. Simon dropping a package in the woods which they retrieve, open, and keep part of the money enclosed.

This sets off a series of events only a loopy Nora could even dream of!

We go from a tour of the inner White House to the FBI to friends to family to mind-games to political opponents to love to death to losing jobs and just about every other emotion between!

Yes, this is an old read for some of you, but a most intriguing novel!

Well done Mr. Meltzer!

Could you be dead and not realize that you are?

Are you dead, Kristin Burns?

Is your affair with your boss, Michael Turnbull, just in your imagination?

Are your alleged photographic abilities a liability?

Why do some people cringe and seem petrified when they see you?

Are you dreaming or in another dimension?

What if James Patterson is telling us of life after death?

Do you believe?

A confounding novel!

Many thanks for another great Christmas gift as I read “You’ve Been Warned.”

Yes, this is a different kind of read from Mr. Patterson, but why not!

Change is good!

Many reviewers online rate this book poorly, but this outstanding read kept me spellbound!

Every book by Mr. Patterson does not have to be about Alex or the Woman’s Club!

The many twists and turns had me wondering what was going to happen next.

Every fact of life was covered: life, death, love, kids, sex, jobs, greed, lies, truth, marriage, single, schools, deceit, lust, ghosts, nightmares, and life-after-death!

Every book is not for everybody, but change is good! Read “You’ve Been Warned” for yourself!