Omega Deception

A Jack Trench Thriller

By: Mike Howard

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

The gift … forged in blood, death and brotherhood. Trench will do anything to get it back.

Jack Trench, former CIA covert operative and his girlfriend, Lucy Kubota, are enjoying a long-planned vacation of a lifetime in Northern Italy. How can it turn so wrong, so quickly?

Their vacation plans are shattered by the theft of Trench’s prized Omega Speedmaster watch from his wrist by a gypsy boy in Milan. Little did Jack and Lucy know that the theft would bring them into the crosshairs of a dangerous criminal organization in Italy.

Trench uncovers Royles, the cunning and evil leader of the dangerous Romani Mafia … a group he’s never encountered. It will soon regret stealing his prized Omega watch. God help anyone who stands in his way to get it back.

The Romani Mafia made a big mistake. Trench is determined to regain possession of his Omega watch … no matter what it takes.

The Watchers return in an adventure that spans two continents and the retrieval of a prized possession.
From a confrontation in a Milan criminal safehouse, to a harrowing knife fight on a train, to an intense firefight on a beautiful island between Romani Mafia and The Watchers, to a final confrontation between Trench and Royles in Venice, the action is non-stop.

believably is key

Jack Trench may be badass former CIA guy, but you get the feeling that he's more of a scalpel than a hammer. Add to that, the deep emotional connections that he has with his wife, daughter and friends, and he seem like just another guy...who could kill you. That's what takes these books from being just another action thriller to something that actually made me feel things. The locations are awesome. You can tell that the author has actually been there, scoping out the locations and formulating the scenes. If you like this genre, you'll love Jack Trench and series because you know it's believable given the authors background. I wish they'd make a movie series now that I have bought into Trench as a character.

Needs to Bake Longer

This is NOT a thriller. It follows an old, but tried and true, story line about the hero and his girlfriend getting into trouble. The dialog is weak. I had to walk away about halfway through. My time is spent better on other things and other forms of entertainment.

Note on Virtual Voice:
I realize the budding author probably cannot afford a narrator and virtual voice is more affordable. But, it is bland. Nor, does it get all the pronunciations correct.