Review of The Date Farm
Posted: 27 Sep 2022, 23:26
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Date Farm" by Jack Winnick.]
A devastating attack on a Beverly Hills shopping center results in the summoning of FBI agent Lara Edmond and her husband, Mossad operative Uri Levin, from their peaceful vacation on Lara's family farm in Ohio. The plot becomes more complicated when it is discovered that the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security's communication networks and satellites have compromised their security. This is followed by an attack on the Federal Reserve and the Chase Manhattan Banks. Are the attacks connected, and is the group after gold or a more valuable object?
The Date Farm by Jack Winnick is fiction and can be read as a stand-alone book, despite being the fourth book in the Lara and Uri series. Winnick notes that the plot has strong ties to historical events that happen more often in the real world. Winnick keeps readers on the edge of seats in this standalone international thriller while highlighting the brave people who put their lives in danger to thwart terrorism.
The swift and plausible plot of this thrilling page-turner, which could easily be a current event, never had a dull moment. The book has been expertly proofread and presented. The intricate plot switches back and forth between the agents' actions, the covert federal agencies, and the terrorist organization. Los Angeles, New York City, Nova Scotia, Puerto Rico, Idaho Falls, Tehran, Bandar, Sierra Leone, and Kazerun—the site of the terrorist group's date farm and cover for its electronic base—are also among the places where those participating are located.
I enjoyed the well-developed array of characters in the book, especially Uri and Lara, who are recently wedded and coworkers. Their jobs as FBI and Mossad agents, respectively, happen to involve battling terrorists. Their love for one another, as well as their dedication to the organizations and nations they represent, was well captured by the author. The fact that neither character exhibited the customary arrogance agents frequently exhibit in international thrillers was also pleasing to me. As competent spies, Uri and Lara don't have to persuade anyone of anything. In Lara's instance, it was her knowledge and deeds that persuaded people who had questioned her abilities as a woman working on the assigned assignment to change their minds.
I was happy to learn that the fourth book stood alone as I hadn't read the first three volumes in the series. Winnick skillfully weaved sporadic allusions to earlier operations into the story. I would gladly read the rest of the novels in the series based on how much I liked this action-packed suspense. There isn't a single thing about the book that I didn't like. Because it was expertly edited, I'm happy to give it a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. Readers who like foreign thrillers should check it out.
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The Date Farm
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A devastating attack on a Beverly Hills shopping center results in the summoning of FBI agent Lara Edmond and her husband, Mossad operative Uri Levin, from their peaceful vacation on Lara's family farm in Ohio. The plot becomes more complicated when it is discovered that the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security's communication networks and satellites have compromised their security. This is followed by an attack on the Federal Reserve and the Chase Manhattan Banks. Are the attacks connected, and is the group after gold or a more valuable object?
The Date Farm by Jack Winnick is fiction and can be read as a stand-alone book, despite being the fourth book in the Lara and Uri series. Winnick notes that the plot has strong ties to historical events that happen more often in the real world. Winnick keeps readers on the edge of seats in this standalone international thriller while highlighting the brave people who put their lives in danger to thwart terrorism.
The swift and plausible plot of this thrilling page-turner, which could easily be a current event, never had a dull moment. The book has been expertly proofread and presented. The intricate plot switches back and forth between the agents' actions, the covert federal agencies, and the terrorist organization. Los Angeles, New York City, Nova Scotia, Puerto Rico, Idaho Falls, Tehran, Bandar, Sierra Leone, and Kazerun—the site of the terrorist group's date farm and cover for its electronic base—are also among the places where those participating are located.
I enjoyed the well-developed array of characters in the book, especially Uri and Lara, who are recently wedded and coworkers. Their jobs as FBI and Mossad agents, respectively, happen to involve battling terrorists. Their love for one another, as well as their dedication to the organizations and nations they represent, was well captured by the author. The fact that neither character exhibited the customary arrogance agents frequently exhibit in international thrillers was also pleasing to me. As competent spies, Uri and Lara don't have to persuade anyone of anything. In Lara's instance, it was her knowledge and deeds that persuaded people who had questioned her abilities as a woman working on the assigned assignment to change their minds.
I was happy to learn that the fourth book stood alone as I hadn't read the first three volumes in the series. Winnick skillfully weaved sporadic allusions to earlier operations into the story. I would gladly read the rest of the novels in the series based on how much I liked this action-packed suspense. There isn't a single thing about the book that I didn't like. Because it was expertly edited, I'm happy to give it a rating of 4 out of 4 stars. Readers who like foreign thrillers should check it out.
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The Date Farm
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon