Greed thriller #3

A shadow of death swallows up one beautiful young lady after another…and no one can stop it.... in the end, lives will be forever changed. And one will not survive......grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Michael, the main character, continues to work hard at the newspaper when he find himself investigating horrible murders of young women, each had massive slashes to the throat... gruesome scenes hard to swallow ...

With a powerful prose peppered with details we are taken on a wild spin of evil, greed and corruption. The scene setting is as brutal as it is necessary although we do have some comic relief in this tense story. It starts slowly and I wondered where the story was going at first but it didn’t take too long before the greed of flesh and lust was most prominent. Of course we have a side story in the mix I wondered at what point the two stories would mesh. Too entrenched by then I kept pushing forward eager to figure out who was behind all this. But Mr. Mefford had other things in mind that divulging too early the outcome teasing us till the very last moment.

In few words

In “Wicked Greed” we are in a complex plot doubled with intricate subplot everything wrapped nicely and played out with compelling characters. A fabulous story that had me turning pages quickly from start to finish.

Thank you Mr.Mefford for the opportunity to read this book. ( )

Wicked Greed by John W. Mefford is a 2014 publication. I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This is the third installment in the Greed series. After the truly awful experiences Marisa and Michael went through, they are slowly putting the tragic past behind them and moving on with their lives. However, there is just a little hitch in their plans for peace. It seems the newspaper has been getting some rather disturbing emails. This puts Micheal back in touch with Carl, the detective we met in the first book in the series.
As young college age girls are being murdered in a most gruesome way and the emails continue, Michael and his team are on the job, getting closer to action than they should, perhaps.
I have to say Michael and Marisa's family has many secrets and more of them pop out of the closet in this book, this time on Micheal's side of things.
While I enjoyed the first two books in this series, this one went awry... very awry.
Where the story went off track is something I can't really divulge without giving away critical plot lines. But, suffice it to say I was not at all pleased with the outcome. I do have the 4th and latest installment of this series and will go ahead and catch all the way with it, but I'm not sure how I will feel about things from this point on. Sometimes there is just too much of a gut punch and then you can't go back an unring the bell. I'm pretty opened minded with books, so I'll try to start the next book with the proverbial clean slate and see how it all turns out.
Maybe I should have waited to write the review on this one for a day or so because at the moment I'm still pretty ticked off. But, maybe it's better to convey these emotions now while they are still really fresh. The best I can do with this one is a 3. ( )

Another WOW for this series! #3 in the "Greed" series, but can be read as a stand alone. Although, I would suggest reading the others in this amazing series, yes on none other than greed, murder, and mystery. Who would have thought that an author could keep the greed theme going for so long, but he has and it only gets better. The characters are engaging, flawed, and interesting. The storyline is fast paced, filled with action, with a seat on the edge of your seat theme. I enjoyed this tale. Can't wait to read the fourth in this amazing series.

*Received for an honest review from the publisher*

Rating: 4.5
Heat rating: Hot due to language and content
Reviewed by: AprilR, courtesy of My Book Addiction and More ( )