Fatal Flaw by Sandy Curtis
Published by Clan Destine Press
Trade Paperback, 259 pages
ISBN: 978 0 980 790 092 (pbk)
ISBN: 978 0 987 160 447 (ebook)
Reviewed by: Gaile Hughes
A tantalising read that I fully recommend!
Fatal Flaw, by Queensland author Sandy Curtis, is a powerful, intense thriller about power, betrayal, old loyalties and how past actions and events can shape the future. It also explores the relationship between children and their parents and emerging love through friendship.
Mark Talbert works for the government in a very secret capacity; his major brief is terrorism. Having been shot in the line of duty, he’s taking some time out to reassess his life when he receives a message that cuts short his trip trekking the Queensland highlands – and changes everything.
There has been a break-in at home and his father murdered.
Mark returns home for the funeral, but it is soon apparent that not all is as it seems.
Comforting his step mother at the service is his old childhood friend Julie. Julie, now a single mum, was someone he could always feel comfortable with and confide in. Later, over drinks, he is surprised at the depth of his feelings for her and the intense sexual arousal that sparks between them. Exchanging phone numbers they part with a sense of anticipation.
Mark stays at his father’s house to put all of his affairs in order. Within days, another break-in, this time the intruder knocking Mark unconscious. Surely two break-ins at the same residence and within days of each other cannot be coincidence?
A visit soon after from Mark’s agency informs him that Julie’s father is in business with ‘persons of interest’. Mark is ordered to investigate him, will this deception cost him their new and beautiful relationship?
Seemingly unrelated deaths may be connected to both Julie and Mark’s fathers, and Mark must stay one step ahead of the enemy in order to keep Julie and her son Andy safe. Then her father unknowingly places her in the hands of a terrorist, one who is about to unleash unspeakable horror on the city. However, is there more than one enemy at work?
I loved this story because it had all the usual suspects of a murder, intrigue, international terrorism, and good versus evil, all interwoven with a beautiful love story.
This is Sandy Curtis’ sixth book and the second outing for Mark Talbert, (Dangerous Deception). It is a fast moving, intriguing suspense thriller that will keep you guessing until the very last page.
Leave a Reply