SAINT JUSTICE

Saint Justice by Mike Grist
Book 1 in the Christopher Wren series
Narrated by Jeff Harding
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook

About Saint Justice:

THEY TRIED TO PUT HIM IN A CAGE. BIG MISTAKE.

Chris Wren was the ultimate black-ops warrior — a relentless killer highly skilled in psychological warfare. As an elite Marine then CIA assassin, he infiltrated and destroyed the world's darkest terror cells, jihadi threats and criminal cartels — all to keep the homeland safe.

But the darkness took a toll on his family. When his wife takes the kids and runs, fearing Wren's enemies, he goes AWOL to keep them safe — until a biker gang in Utah tries to put him in a cage.

Big mistake.

Now Wren's out for payback in the desert. But as the body count rises and the heat soars, a stunning national conspiracy unravels, with the clock ticking on a devastating attack. To save his country, Wren must plunge deeper into the darkness than ever before — and risk losing his family for good.

But justice must be done, and soon...

Source: Info in the "About Saint Justice" was taken from amazon on 29/04/2024.

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My Thoughts:

This is my first Mike Grist read and I like the way he tells a story.

I do not understand the psychology, the basis, nor the system of Wren's Foundation. Or why it works. It is so much simpler to just accept that it does, whether it is realistic or not.

While the ending resolved the current dilemma in the book it is also a cliffhanger that points to the next book at the same time. An incentive to encourage readers to buy book 2. While a very good marketing ploy, I do not like it. I do not like cliffhangers.

I've been listening to Jeff Harding as Charlie Parker by John Connolly for more than ten years now. Every time I hear him it is like hearing Charlie Parker talking. It takes a lot of adjusting to hear him as Christopher Wren.

Quantitative Evaluation:

Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4.5
Writing Style = 4.5
Ending = 3
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (7 hrs and 49 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 cherries

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Meet The Author

About Mike Grist:

Mike Grist writes the bestselling Christopher Wren and Girl Zero thriller series.

He was born in the UK to a British father and American mother, and spent his childhood winging between the family farm in Kentucky and a terraced house in Manchester. At 18 he finished his last year of high school in Indiana, took Greyhounds across the US coast-to-coast then worked at a summer camp in Massachusetts.

Fascinated by the extremes of human behavior, Mike got his undergraduate degree in Psychology then followed up with a Masters in motivation theory. After backpacking through India, he taught English in Tokyo, Japan for 11 years, also documenting the dark side of the country's gangs, cults and abandoned places. His photography and articles about urban exploration have been featured in the Guardian and the Daily Mail.

Now based in London, UK, Mike enjoys working out, eating out, running his local writers' group, playing ultimate frisbee and spending time with his wife and two cats.

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About Jeff Harding
	Jeff Harding is one of the most active American actors based in Britain. He is regularly seen in film and TV but he maintains interest in fringe theatre. He is particularly active in voice-over and radio. Having competed in rowing for many years, he still lives by the Thames and rows regularly – an appropriate sport for the reader of Ben Hur.
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FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.