Michael Lawson, The Inside Ring

The Inside Ring By Michael Lawson

Homeland Security Secretary Andy Banks received a note warning him that Eagle One is in trouble as the INSIDE RING has been compromised; he passed the memo on to Secret Service Director Patrick Donnelly, whose agency is the INSIDE RING, but he chose to ignore the warning. Not long afterward by Georgia's Chattooga River, someone fires at the President hitting him in the shoulder and killing writer Phillip Montgomery and Secret Service Agent Robert James. The assassin escapes, but a few days later in Maryland, Harold Edwards commits suicide leaving behind a note claiming he was the assassin.

Banks tells Speaker of the House John Fitzpatrick Mahoney what happened and his belief there is more to the story besides an unemployed angry machinist. Mahoney assigns attorney Joe DeMarco to investigate the INSIDE RING especially since Donnelly failed to react to a specific threat. DeMarco quickly hones in on Agent Billy Ray Mattis, but someone kills the prime suspect. DeMarco follows Billy's trail back to Georgia, but finds high placed individuals want to make him 'gater bait before he can learn the full truth

THE INSIDE RING is a terrific suspense thriller that starts off literally with a bang (the presidential assassination attempt) that turns into an exhilarating action-packed investigative tale. Readers will be hooked as DeMarco peels away the deceptions as if he is cutting up a Vidalia onion. If readers had to select only one thriller, Michael Lawson's tense deep and refreshing tale is a great choice as corruption is everywhere permeating everything including the sacred INSIDE RING where agents prime mission is to die for Eagle One not kill Eagle One.

Harriet Klausner