Who do you think wrote Murder on the Metro? Margaret Truman? Jon Land? The Estate of Margaret Truman owns the copyright on the novel. She, of course, has been dead for over 10 years. Is the Estate licensing her name to make money? I don't know how this works but I do not believe that she wrote or plotted this novel. I guess it doesn't matter much as it was a fabulous read.

The story begins with a busy day. A drone killed people in a terrorist attack in Caesarea, Israel, an American vice president died of an apparent heart attack and a former spook thwarted a suicide bomber on Washington DC's Metro. There is a connection between all three of these events and the pursuit of the truth leads to the highest echelons of power in Washington. Israel's Lia Ganz and American Robert Brixton work as fast as possible to prevent millions of Americans from dying in a catastrophe that will change the U. S. forever.

The Washington DC setting is very familiar to me. I have visited there on countless occasions so I understand how secrets work. The author was able to harness his knowledge of the same with a bit of suspense too. The chapters are short, mostly 2 pages, making the pace seem super fast.

The main characters of the Capitol Crimes series are MacKenzie and Annabelle Smith. However, their roles in this story are minimal. They were basically secondary characters. As a regular reader of the series this did not seem normal to me. Israeli agent Lia Ganz and former State Department employee Robert Brixton take the Smith's place in Murder on the Metro. Both are great characters, though, at times I felt that I was reading a Brad Thor novel. The elements of a spy thriller are all on display here. Not that this is bad. It just wasn't what I expected from a Margaret Truman novel. Her writing showed more insight into why Washingtonians behave the way they do and her plots were different than the typical spy thriller.

The book is unputdownable and all mystery lovers will enjoy reading it. ( )

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This is the first book I've read by Jon Land and it was a good read. It had everything you want it to be in a mystery and thriller. Intrigue, political, current events (the V.P. was a woman).

The title said it all for me since I took the Metro most every day of my career. I especially enjoyed reading about the different places in Washington, D.C. that I know since I worked there for a number of years. I'm sure some of the places were fictional but still there are a number of streets and buildings I recognized.

I'm not going to spoil it but I absolutely loved the ending. It was a minor part of the book and was left at that until the very end. ( )

I have been reading Jon Land’s books for decades, but have never read any of Margaret Truman’s Capital Crime series, until now. This was different from the Murder She Wrote and Caitlin Strong novels Jon writes and I loved it.

We start out with Lia and her granddaughter enjoying the beach…until the drones come and the bullets begin flying. It was a miracle they were still alive. Lia had retired from her job in the Elite Special Ops of the Israeli Army after suffering wounds that kept her at her desk. She feels she has no choice but to get back in the game.

Thousands of miles away, in Washington D C, Brixton is on the Washington Metro when his senses go on high alert. He spots a woman wearing a hijab. She brings to mind the woman responsible for his daughter’s death. The flash told him he was too late to stop her, but his actions saved many lives.

The VP has heart issues and I love the frightening stance Jon Land took with the issue. I love that his mind is able to conceive of such realistic scenarios.

Lia and Brixton carefully and quietly try to discover what is really going on and the danger mounts. If they weren’t so highly thought of and had a track record to prove it, some might have thought they were paranoid. What’s the saying…You’re not paranoid if they are out to get you. Others are drawn in and it becomes too big to keep secret.

Jon Land quickly captures my attention and it never lets up. I love reading about conspiracies. When Jon has the characters talking about the NSA having access to all the cameras, like the ones at gas stations, traffic lights, tolls, it made me think of the TV show, Person of Interest. Like all things, it can be used for good or evil.

What do a nun, an Israeli Mossad agent, and an international American Private Investigator have in common? This is power gone wild and it will take all of them to stop it.

WHOA! Murder on the Metro goes so far over the line, it frightens me. Is it possible? I believe most anything is possible in the electronic age we live it.

Talk about political machinations, Murder on the Metro seems all too real. From current events, we can see some leaders will go to any extreme to accomplish their goals. The steps they will go to to keep and have the ultimate power is an ultimate betrayal.

Jon Land wrapped up the story in spectacular fashion, leaving me hopeful for our future. I do think there are more good than bad people, though at times it’s hard to keep that in mind, and his writing is so realistic, I believe it could really happen.

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Murder On The Metro by Jon Land.

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international-crime-and-mystery, terrorism, investigation, private-investigators, feds, friendship, PTSD, espionage*****

Gather the threads of several plots and braid them into a coherent whole complete with several in depth studies of the main protagonists and you have an idea of what this riveting book is like. Unputdownable. A classic Capital Crimes mystery with lots of domestic and international intrigue updated to the plots of terrorism.
It's been too long since I've read any of the Capital Crimes but now I have to go putter around in some of the unread!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Forge Books via NetGalley. Thank you! ( )