The meeting place was carefully chosen: an abandoned church in rural Ireland just after dark. For Jonathan Quinn—a freelance operative and pr...
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Dec 01, 2010
Liriel27
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I won this from First Reads. I didn't realize until I got this that it was part of a larger series. It works as a stand-alone, and the author gives you all the basic information you need from the previous book, but I would rather have read the other books first. It's like being at a party with a bunch of people you don't really know - you catch the broad outlines of personality and history, but when the inside jokes come up, you're lost.
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Aug 06, 2010
Jonah
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Jul 14, 2010
Gaby
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I enjoy fast-paced action thrillers with bighearted heroes, so I couldn't put down Brett Battles's latest Jonathan Quinn novel.
Jonathan Quinn is a master at what he does and he's started out on his own. In his business trust and honor are everything. Since this is the third book in the series and Battles intentionally doesn't tell us how Quinn was maneuvered into agreeing to "3 jobs, no questions" which would be a story in itself. It's one of those contract terms that More...
Jonathan Quinn is a master at what he does and he's started out on his own. In his business trust and honor are everything. Since this is the third book in the series and Battles intentionally doesn't tell us how Quinn was maneuvered into agreeing to "3 jobs, no questions" which would be a story in itself. It's one of those contract terms that More...
Aug 08, 2009
Tony
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Battles, Brett. SHADOW OF BETRAYAL. (2009). ****. This is the author’s third novel, and he seems to have the thriller formula down pat. His hero – almost a superhero – is Jonathan Quinn. Quinn is accompanied on his assignment by his girlfriend, Orlando, and his apprentice, Nate. Quinn is a “cleaner,” a man who comes in and cleans up messes made by other agencies or other operatives. The mess he has to clean up now is being done at the request of”Peter,” the head of some super-secret orga
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Jun 23, 2009
Tdewhirst
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Brett Battles newest installment in the Jonathon Quinn series, "Shadow of Betrayal" is inspired. The plotline generally follows the last installment in the series "The Deceived." Quinn (not his real name, of course), a "cleaner" by trade made a deal with the devil and agreed to do three jobs, no questions asked, for his sometimes employer. "Shadow of Betrayal" shows the cashing in on those jobs - and they're jobs that Quinn would rather not take.
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Jun 14, 2009
Cheryl
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Every body's favorite cleaner, Jonathan Quinn is back in Shadow of Betrayal. Quinn wants to hang up his gun holster and retire with his girlfriend, the deadly but beautiful Orlando but before he can do that, his boss has another mission for Quinn. He wants Quinn to locate a United Nations aide worker named Marion Dupuis. She has gone mission from her post in Africa. This is a task that will require the help of Quin''s protege, Nate and girlfriend Orlando.
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Jun 20, 2009
Bill
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I was thrilled to have received an ARC though the Goodreads program. I have read all three Jonathan Quinn books--The Cleaner, The Deceived, and now Shadow of Betrayal. The first two were very good with lots of action and decent plots. Shadow Of Betrayal goes a step beyond and adds a fair amount of background material on the shadowy Jonathan Quinn. Hopefully the next book will flesh our his apprentice, Nate, and move in a slightly different direction--away from the LP group and their less than be
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Jun 24, 2009
Michael
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This is an excellent book. If I could give it 6 stars, I'd do so.
Jonathan Quinn is back with his protege, Nate and his colleague and girlfriend.
Across the world, a UN worker, Marion Dupuis discovered an orphanage, Roslyn's Place, and wanted to help. She has gotten school supplies, and food but now she's trapped as the government fights rebels.
Soldiers come to the orphanage looking for a 5 year old child with Down Syndrom, named Iris. Marion has found that children with special More...
Jonathan Quinn is back with his protege, Nate and his colleague and girlfriend.
Across the world, a UN worker, Marion Dupuis discovered an orphanage, Roslyn's Place, and wanted to help. She has gotten school supplies, and food but now she's trapped as the government fights rebels.
Soldiers come to the orphanage looking for a 5 year old child with Down Syndrom, named Iris. Marion has found that children with special More...
Jun 30, 2009
Alexia561
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One of the things that I liked about this book is that it was presented from several different viewpoints. Most of it is told from Quinn's point of view, but we also get Marion Dupuis, Peter, and a couple of the 'bad guys'. It takes a skilled writer to keep the story flowing between narrators, and Battles does an excellent job.
We start off in Ireland, when a routine exchange ends in the death of four men and Quinn, with the help of his apprentice Nate, must clean up the mess. Things More...
We start off in Ireland, when a routine exchange ends in the death of four men and Quinn, with the help of his apprentice Nate, must clean up the mess. Things More...
Sep 26, 2009
Maddy
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PROTAGONIST: Jonathan Quinn, cleaner
SETTING: Ireland, Canada, US
SERIES: 3 of 3
RATING: 3.25
WHY: Jonathan Quinn, professional cleaner, owes "the Office" 3 jobs, no questions asked, before he can break their association. The first involves a meeting that goes badly in Ireland; the second to find and protect a UN aide who absconded with a child with Down syndrome from an African orphanage; and the last to thwart a chilling conspiracy. Well plotted, but many eleme More...
SETTING: Ireland, Canada, US
SERIES: 3 of 3
RATING: 3.25
WHY: Jonathan Quinn, professional cleaner, owes "the Office" 3 jobs, no questions asked, before he can break their association. The first involves a meeting that goes badly in Ireland; the second to find and protect a UN aide who absconded with a child with Down syndrome from an African orphanage; and the last to thwart a chilling conspiracy. Well plotted, but many eleme More...
Jul 28, 2009
Ginny
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The true test of a book is, in my opinion, whether or not one wants to read other books by the same author. In my cast the answer was a resounding yes! Brett Battle's protagonist, Jonathan Quinn is a cross between James Bond & Jason Bourne. In a fast moving plot that takes place in Ireland, Africa and the States, Jonathan, his assistant, Nate and Jonathan's girlfriend, Orlando move quickly to foil an unknown plot which involves the kidnapping of "special" children. The story unfolds wi
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Jun 21, 2009
Sheila
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I received a copy of this through GoodReads First Reads. A fun, action packed thriller, this is the story of "cleaner" Jonathan Quinn, his girlfriend Orlando, and his sidekick Nate. I have not read the first two books in this series, but did find that the author did a good enough job filling in back details to make this work as a stand-alone book. In fact, it seems he repeated several back details multiple times, beating them into the reader's mind, which was more than was needed. One
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Jun 27, 2009
Lianna
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Fast-paced book as evidenced by more location changes than a Bond movie and an average of one murder per chapter. Both Quinn's and Marion's plots kept my interest as they evaded both police and the shadowy secret society. Not hard at all to jump into the series at book #3.
I liked how Quinn was always on the verge of firing Nate b/c he was missing a foot, Orlando and Quinn's banter and the way the author tried so hard to pepper the book w/topical references (new Yankee stadium! hous More...
I liked how Quinn was always on the verge of firing Nate b/c he was missing a foot, Orlando and Quinn's banter and the way the author tried so hard to pepper the book w/topical references (new Yankee stadium! hous More...
Jul 01, 2009
Alison
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If I say nothing else about this book I have to say this: I can't wait for the movie!
I was lucky enough to have received an advanced reader's copy of Brett Battles latest Jonathan Quinn book. I was worried at first, that I had not first read the two previous books in the series before sitting down to read this one. To my pleasant surprise, it was not a problem. The author does a wonderful job of catching up the reader without droning on about details insignificant to the plot a More...
I was lucky enough to have received an advanced reader's copy of Brett Battles latest Jonathan Quinn book. I was worried at first, that I had not first read the two previous books in the series before sitting down to read this one. To my pleasant surprise, it was not a problem. The author does a wonderful job of catching up the reader without droning on about details insignificant to the plot a More...
Jul 07, 2009
Heather
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This is another book I received through the FirstReads program here on Goodreads. I am very glad I did. I never would've read it or given Brett Battles any thought.
Shadow of Betrayal had me hooked from the very beginning. It starts with action and never lets up. I kept feeling like I'd been reading an episode of Fox's show 24. I'm a HUGE fan of the show, so there's no surprise I loved this book! I found myself wanting to read more and more - and I wanted to know how the different st More...
Shadow of Betrayal had me hooked from the very beginning. It starts with action and never lets up. I kept feeling like I'd been reading an episode of Fox's show 24. I'm a HUGE fan of the show, so there's no surprise I loved this book! I found myself wanting to read more and more - and I wanted to know how the different st More...
Jun 28, 2009
Jo
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An extremely involving book - I finished it in less than 2 days! Even though it's the 3rd one, it was easy to pick up the backstory. I particularly loved that there was a strong, capable female agent featured. Too many political thrillers (although I hesitate to label it that, because it's not typical of that genre) have an overwhelmingly male set of characters and a pretty predictable story line. This one was definitely different.
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Jun 15, 2009
Mary Ellen
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I consider The Cleaner, the first book in the Jonathan Quinn series, one of the 10 best books I read in 2007, and I enjoyed 2008's The Deceived as much. In Shadow of Betrayal, freelancer Quinn -- along with his lover Orlando and protege Nate -- is forced to make good on the three jobs he owes to the U.S. intelligence agency known as The Office. The three operatives find themselves compromised as they race to save the lives of a group of special needs children who have been kidnapped from third w
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Jun 16, 2009
KarenC
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Another fast-paced suspense thriller from Battles. Glad I read The Cleaner and The Deceived before reading this latest - I like to know all of the details. The backstory of Quinn's team begins with the first book in the series and develops through all three titles published so far. This book could be read on its own, but rationale for some of the action would be missing or weakened.
This reader was hooked from page one and found the book hard to put down. Battles keeps the suspense moving from o
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Feb 12, 2010
Suspense Magazine
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Brett Battles’ third book in the Jonathan Quinn series continues to impress. Our little clique of Quinn, Nate and Orlando find themselves challenged yet again as they find themselves in the middle of a mystery surrounding the death of a prominent American.
We gain more insight into the ongoing saga of a secret group plotting and implementing their plan. Plan for what? Well you’ll just have to read the book to find out. If you haven’t embraced this series yet, I highly recommend you s More...
We gain more insight into the ongoing saga of a secret group plotting and implementing their plan. Plan for what? Well you’ll just have to read the book to find out. If you haven’t embraced this series yet, I highly recommend you s More...
Jun 25, 2009
Cathie
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I was fortunate to have received from the publisher an ARC of Shadow of Betrayal. While this is the 3rd book in the Jonathan Quinn series, I had not read the others.
This was a wonderful, very exciting, page-turner story about a "cleaner" sent on a "no questions" mission with many twists and turns that involved a couple of agencies working against each other. The main plot in this current story has to do with Marion Dupuis and a special child, Iris, who is runn More...
This was a wonderful, very exciting, page-turner story about a "cleaner" sent on a "no questions" mission with many twists and turns that involved a couple of agencies working against each other. The main plot in this current story has to do with Marion Dupuis and a special child, Iris, who is runn More...
Jun 14, 2009
Judy
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A real thriller and I couldn't put it down. It's fresh -- mentioned the govt takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, etc. The plot was "sort of" confusing and hard to follow but I'm glad I read it. It was a prepublication giveaway -- I hope they fix the typos and insert the missing words. Nevertheless, For some fast action (and I enjoy reading almost anything in which a child/children are involved -- must be my maternal instinct?). I think there might be a sequel because the "bad
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Aug 10, 2009
Laura D.
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This book was an action-packed James Bond type of story. It's not the type of book that I normally read, which is probably why it took me so long to finish and I only gave it 3 stars. My husband really liked it, but it's definitely his kind of book. I can say for the sake of this review that the author accomplished the telling of this story in the way I expected. It was concise, not drawn out. He gave us the information and then followed through with the aftermath, just like he had been giv
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Jun 18, 2009
Rose
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Ok. This book is really, really very good. Not only does the action flow as the story progresses, but some of the situations described seem as though they could really happen considering today's economy. Kind of scary actually. This author is really up to date on his current events! I looked at the scenario he presented (as part of the plot) and though to myself, "This could conceivably happen!"
I'm very thankful to have won this book from goodreads and random house. Thank you! T More...
I'm very thankful to have won this book from goodreads and random house. Thank you! T More...
Jun 12, 2009
Marti
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Now I will have to go back and read the other books in the Jonathan Quinn series. I won this book in the GoodReads contest, and only had to wait 9 days before it was delivered.
I would certainly recommend it to anyone who likes a fast paced suspense novel. It starts out in Ireland, but then moves to the Ivory Coast, the US and Canada.
Mr. Battles has a winning team here with Quinn, his apprentice cleaner Nate, and his lover, the deadly Orlando.
I would certainly recommend it to anyone who likes a fast paced suspense novel. It starts out in Ireland, but then moves to the Ivory Coast, the US and Canada.
Mr. Battles has a winning team here with Quinn, his apprentice cleaner Nate, and his lover, the deadly Orlando.
Jun 22, 2009
Ccabelka
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This was a quick read purely for entertainment. I have not read any other books by this author so it took me a little bit to get how everyone was connected. I've read better plot lines in the same genre. The action scenes were well written but the interpersonal scenes seemed choppy at times, and almost like the author wasn't quite sure how to describe the moods and feelings of the characters. Not a book I would read again.
Jul 04, 2011
Greg
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Brett Battles has wrote and exciting, suspenseful novel that involves all the regular Washington spy agencies, plus some outside contractors in a nailbiter that spans one country after another and culminates in a breathcatching ending. Now I have to read his two earlier novels to catch up on the characters and how they lead up to this novel. Good book to read!
Jul 05, 2009
Shanna
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I won a copy of Shadow of Betrayal a couple of weeks ago, and I have to admit that I put it at the bottom of my "to-read" pile. It just didn't look interesting. Boy was I wrong! It was a great book. Lots of interesting plot twists and characters. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. So don't let the cover discourage you, it is a great read!
Apr 16, 2010
Krissie
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Had I known when I entered for it that this book was third in a series, I think I would have skipped it. Several times over the course of reading this book, I remember thinking that I should have read books 1 and 2 first, so I would know what they were talking about. The author did a good job of being brief about those previous situations without leaving too much out, but it was like a movie trailer. "Want more? Read the book!" So I may actually do that. The end left me feeling s
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Jan 16, 2012
Doreen
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Genre: Mystery, thriller
I listened to this book.
Shadow of Betrayal is an OK read. IMHO, there is a bit too much redundancy and the plot is a bit far-fetched.
Scott Brick is the narrator. He is OK, not my favorite.
I listened to this book.
Shadow of Betrayal is an OK read. IMHO, there is a bit too much redundancy and the plot is a bit far-fetched.
Scott Brick is the narrator. He is OK, not my favorite.
Apr 16, 2010
Renie
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I read a short story by this author and really liked it. This book, I found out later was part of a series. I don't think having read the books that came before this one in the series would've helped. Total blah...
