I am alive, John thought as he inhaled deeply as if to speed the process.' Also I have to say I saw some plot lines coming a mile away.'The sights, sounds, and smells began to awaken John's senses, long subdued by hospital confinement. More background on politics, current events, to have some historic feel would have been appreciated by me as well. I also appreciate any social commentary and there was none. Of course since I thought it was a mystery (maybe it is still - don't know since I did not finish), I expected something less rosy and more dramatic and ominous, some tense atmosphere. You know how they say that if in a Tchekhov's play there is a gun hanging on the wall, then later in the play it will fire? Well, there were all kinds of descriptions in the book that did not serve much purpose.

Also I felt that there was too much dialogue and too many mundane things that were unnecessary for the plot. I am used to characters that are more complex than that. I think my main reason for not finishing is that all the characters so far seemed to be 'good guys' and had no flaws. I did read more than half of it since overall it is an easy and fast read. I started reading it with interest but did not finish it. I won this book through the Goodreads Giveaway contest in exchange for my honest review. Will John and Chance discover the truth before it’s too late? And what exactly is Ace Deuce, Ltd.? There’s only one way to find out… His reunion with Chance only further confuses him as she reveals a phone call from the day after Josh disappeared that indicated a threat to national security. While under the watchful eye of the French ambassador, John begins experiencing painful flashbacks when he glimpses a sign reading “Ace Deuce, Ltd.” in a uranium mine.Īs word spreads of the mysterious amnesiac, Chance Bradford, chief counsel of the world’s largest defense contractor, begins to suspect that he may in fact be her missing twin brother-and CEO of the company-Josh Bradford. A suspenseful blend of mystery and intrigue, this complex thriller pits a group of truth seekers against authorities ravaged by greed and revenge.Īfter stumbling across a comatose man in the middle of the road, the French ambassador to Niger takes the man, whom he begins to call John, to his own estate to recover upon his release from the hospital. Unravel the mystery in Freida Fail’s heart-pounding debut, Ace Deuce. I am alive, John thought as he inhaled deeply as if to speed the process. The sights, sounds, and smells began to awaken John’s senses, long subdued by hospital confinement.

Ace Deuce by Freida Goodman Fail