Book Info
Name of Book : Don't Get Close
Author : Matt Miksa
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
Publication Date : March 8, 2022
No. of Pages : 352
Format : E Book
Why did I choose the book?
Don't Get Close by Matt Miksa was available on Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The description was quite good and I kept hearing a lot about the book on social media. So, downloaded it right away.
Where to get the book?
Don't Get Close by Matt Miksa is available on Amazon after its release :
Author Introduction
Matt Miksa is a former FBI intelligence analyst who helped prevent foreign spies from stealing America's secrets. Today, he writes espionage thrillers that blend history, politics, and science. He holds a graduate degree in China studies from Columbia University and has spent time living in Beijing. He currently resides with his wife and daughters in Chicago.
Blurb
Special Agent Vera Taggart walked away from a promising career as an artist to join the FBI, and she impresses her new colleagues with her eerie ability to divine conclusions from the grisliest crime scenes. Taggart’s first assignment is a decades-old cold case centered on a cult of suicide bombers known as the Sons of Elijah who believe they’ve been reborn hundreds of times. It seems like a low-risk assignment until a bomb tears apart a crowded restaurant. The Sons of Elijah have returned―and now it’s up to Taggart to stop their modern-day reign of terror. Taggart’s investigation begins with Dr. Seth Jacobson, a renowned psychiatrist who claims to help people remember past lives through hypnotherapy. Jacobson had treated two of the Sons of Elijah’s founders before they’d gone on to commit a series of horrific murders. Desperate to understand how these ordinary patients could have taken such a violent path, Taggart agrees to undergo similar treatment with Jacobson. Through her hypnosis sessions, Taggart comes to suspect the Sons of Elijah are targeting a high-tech government laboratory that could expose the group’s greatest secret with a controversial experiment. To save millions of innocent lives, she must come to grips with the shocking truth about the cult and her own puzzling role in its timeless mission. The fate of humanity rests on her ability to determine which threats are real and which exist only in her mind―and to decide whose side she’s really fighting for.
My Opinion
Excellent, Unique and Spellbinding
Don't Get Close by Matt Miksa turns out to be an excellent and visionary book. I was expecting a book to be a simple thriller, but, rather, it took me on a roller coaster ride of mysteries and revelations. The characters are the bloodline of the plot. Each and every chapter unfolds a secret which will, definitely, going to blow your mind. The book, surely, succeeds itself to be on my bookshelf. I would not say too much, as I do not want to reveal more about it. You have to enjoy it yourself.
I would, obviously, like to give the book 5 stars. Thanks to Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for providing me an opportunity to read and review the book.
Character Portrayal
Each character has its own space and story in Don't Get Close by Matt Miksa. Be it our protagonist or antagonist, the author has masked them well. You could not guess any character's true self in the story. It is the climax which reveals everyone and the true plot. Some characters even got a role transformation as the story advanced.
Narrative Style
Matt Miksa has, indeed, done a fabulous work in his book, Don't Get Close. With a single POV narration, the language is simple and easy to understand.
Ratings
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