Deadly Codes
By JP O'Donnell
4.5/5
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Gallagher has been commissioned by Jeanne Campbell, Jennifers twin sister, to find a mysterious womanJennifers secret lesbian lover who vanished immediately after the bombing. While the authorities continue to pursue their suspicions that the terrorist act may have been intended for Jennifers husband, Bill, who holds a top-secret position in the counter-intelligence division of the National Security Agency, Jeanne reveals intricate details to Gallagher that intrigue him enough to take on the case. While Gallagher begins searching for the missing woman, he has no idea that a bounty has been placed on his own headtwo hired gunmen are plotting to kill him. Gallaghers search takes him to Washington DC, where he discovers that the car bombing is only a backdrop to a complex, treasonous scheme to sell code-breaking formulas to a hostile enemy nation.
As the violent mystery unravels, Gallagher finds himself under deadly attack from two shocking but powerful forcesone he knows and another he never expects.
JP O'Donnell
JP O'Donnell is a board-certified pediatric dentist with more than thiry-five years of experience in clinical practice and dental education. Dr. O'Donnell holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and Tufts University. He and his wife reside in Bedford, Massachusetts. He is also the author of Fatal Gamble.
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Reviews for Deadly Codes
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another great book by JP O'Donnell!! I loved this one as much as Fatal Gamble, maybe even more! An easy read, but not so easy as to sacrifice the story line. Great action, and not so unbelievable story. Good book for those that love a mystery and suspense in a great little package. I love this author and can't wait to see what he comes up with next.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5(Received directly from author.)Gallagher is back and this time he is hired, as he is trying to close down his private investigations business, to find out who killed Jennifer Clark in her own driveway.What follows is a path filled with many twists, turns, and unexpected detours.Deadly Codes was, for me, a bit of a better read than Fatal Gamble was. While I still would have liked to know more of Gallagher's backstory, I did like the way his personality was presented - and his conflict over his job and his wife.The storyline was interesting and the pace was well set. A good read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I believe that every novel has at least three elements: (i) emotional focus; (ii) background to explore the emotion; and (iii) a genre in which to tell the story.JP O’Donnell has written a masterful mystery. His protagonist is the private detective Daniel Cormac Gallagher, Jr. of Boston. Our hero has resigned from his dangerous world at the behest of his new wife, Kate, who has been shaken by an attack from underworld thugs seeking to silence her husband with her in their sights.In the midst of his sincere efforts to wrap-up his sleuth work, a woman is immolated in a firey explosion of her own husband’s car that she had seemingly entered innocently to move it out of the way of her own car. The husband is a senior NSA counter-intelligence operative. The victim’s twin-sister in two minutes of conversation entices Gallagher with just enough information about mystery and infidelity to whet his appetite to discover the truth about her sister’s demise.The sleuth then proceeds in a page-turning adventure to do battle with a beautiful heroine, government agencies, his old nemesis in the mafia, thugs, rascals, double and triple agents, Noth Korean hunger for secret codes, a miscreant Catholic priest wanting cash for the till, and a couple of threesomes, none of whom have anything positive for Gallagher. What will Kate think of all this after he has promised a risk-free life? Fortunately, he is also introduced to Bernadette, adding one more adorable twist to a beautifully told and composed story.Deadly Codes is a fine mystery. You will enjoy every page. We can place our friend Gallagher into the pantheon of protagonists. I am sure we have not heard the last of him. Like James Bond, Gallagher may intend to take the high road and lead a life of domestic tranquility, but his nature is to the contrary. He needs someone to love him for what he is not what he could be.So, back to those three elements. The emotion here could be “can I have it all,” told in the background of Washington and Boston, and in the genre of a mystery.When you are done, you will be looking for Gallagher’s next adventure. I think he can have it all, perhaps with Kate, or Bernadette, or . . . well, we’ll see.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I received a copy directly thru the author and I have absolutely enjoyed reading it. This book is the follow-up to Fatal Gamble and the author does not take anything away from the main character Gallagher. Gallagher is hired by Jeanne Campbell, the victim’s twin sister to find out what really happened to her. The victim is Jennifer Clark whose husband is Bill Clark who works for the CIA. As Gallagher uncovers more and more information on the victim and the husband, his own life becomes at risk. This one having more twists and turns than in the first. It will surely keep you on your toes. So often something is lost on a follow-up book, not the case here. The only problem I had with the book is that I wanted more; it is a very short read. I like the author’s style and would recommend this book to anyone who likes a great political action thriller.