The Vanquished

Bruno Johnston is an ex cop and con He lives with his wife, Marie, in their safe haven in Costa Rica with children they rescued illegally front certain death.The motorcycle gang, The Sons of Satan, are out for revenge and will stop at nothing to lure Bruno back.Bruno Marie return to Southern California The FBI is watching The Sons of Satan, recognise Bruno and recruit him to recover a stolen military drone.With a lot of twists, this action packed, edge of your seat thriller kept me turni Bruno J [...]

Thank you Netgalley and Oceanview Publishing for this arc.A great read for a rainy week end when you re not wanting to seriously hibernate Read with aspirin nearby.Lots of fast action, violent and gory Pace will slow some with family visits okay, needed to catch my breath anyway Interesting and well developed characters as they should be for the 4th in a series It s not necessary to have read all the previous books though it wouldn t be a bad idea I would definitely read by Mr Put Thank you Netg [...]

The Vanquished is a very satisfying read that combines police procedurals with men s adventure and throws in some motorcycle gangs, FBI agents and just for kicks It s the fourth of what is currently a five novel series that somehow I am reading backwards from volume 5 back It is a bit of a shock if you don t know how the series works to be reading about Deputy Sheriff Johnson s life working Lynwood and the associated communities with the gangbangers and the car chases and the in house feu The Va [...]

Synopsis blurb Bruno Johnson believes so passionately in justice that he ll lie, cheat, and steal to achieve it and he ll pulverize anybody who gets in his way BooklistFormer cop and ex con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie, living in their safe haven in Costa Rica with the children they illegally rescued from certain death, find a message from their outlaw motorcycle gang enemies written on the back of one of their beloved children The motorcycle gang, Sons of Satan, out for revenge, wi Synopsis [...]

The Vanquished by David Putnam is book four in the Bruno Johnson series Although it is helpful to have read the previous books, it is not necessary A new reader can catch up with past happenings through the quick background comments in the context of the storyline.Bruno Johnston is an ex cop with a troubled background and plenty of enemies He strives to do the right thing, and yet he is confronted on all sides with difficult choices He just seems to attract problems Past adversaries, everyo The [...]

The vanquished by david putnam is a mystery and thriller read Former cop and ex con Bruno Johnson and his wife Marie, living in their safe haven in Costa Rica with the children they illegally rescued from certain death, find a message from their outlaw motorcycle gang enemies written on the back of one of their beloved children The motorcycle gang, Sons of Satan, out for revenge, will stop at nothing to lure the now furious Bruno back into their web Bruno and Marie, forced to return to Southe Th [...]

WOW, what a story I read one of the earlier Bruno Johnson stories, The Disposables, and I really liked it, but this one tops that David Putnam has a long and varied background in law enforcement, and now he s also a first class writer The two factors combine to create a winning novel But what really hooked me like everybody else is Bruno He s a heroic person but he s no superhero cartoon He has memories and guilt and heartache as only, I imagine, a cop with a conscience and a big heart WOW, what [...]