Sunday, May 24, 2015

Book Review ~ The Turkish Connection By Rik Stone




















The Turkish Connection
By Rik Stone
Genre: Thriller


Mehmet battles to survive the murky Istanbul of 1951 on a daily basis while being forced to learn the skills of thievery and violence alongside the other street children. Evenings come and he curls up under a stinking jetty in a waterway off the Bosporus Strait, yearning to break free from the life inflicted on him by his drunken, womanizing father, little knowing that his rotting body lies at the bottom of those same waters.


Adulthood comes before Mehmet finds out that it wasn’t fate that had taken control of his life as a boy, but a very real nemesis. Is it too late? Can he yet turn things around and get his life back?

My Review


Rik Stone dazzled me with his writing in his debut novel, Birth of an Assassin, so I was very excited to crack open his newest release, The Turkish Connection. Once again, I am impressed with the way Stone can easily whisk me away into his historical fiction setting in Turkey. We meet a young boy named Mehmet and the unfortunate events he finds himself in because of his father's poor choices. This book is a story of survival and revenge. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the growth of Mehmet's character and how he became an unstoppable force to reckon with. Readers can expect action, phenomenal writing, and suspenseful thrills. 


Author Bio



Rik Stone worked in the shipyards on a local river, spent time in the merchant navy, and then went on to work in quarries in South East England.


The time came he yearned for change and began studying. He worked through the lower level stuff and went on to gain a BSc. degree in mathematics and computing.


But he loved reading and because of it, fiction writing had always been his want. After an early retirement he was able to pursue the dream seriously and from that dream came his debut novel, Birth of an Assassin, the first in a series.


Available on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1DG9Siw


Website: http://rik-stone.com/          

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Lovely review, Thank you so much, Sage, Rik.

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