Under Occam's Razor

by Patrick O'Brien

Under Occam’s Razor is a thriller that follows Jake Kelly, a burnt-out journalist, a Vietnam War veteran, in his frantic search for his missing best friend. It is a decade after the war. The year is 1982. Jake, who still suffers from post-traumatic stress, needs to find the man who represented all that was sane about the insanity of war. Was Peter murdered on his assignment for the San Francisco Sentinel, following a story that could blow the lid off California politics and the power of a drug cartel and its link to the war? Or is he still alive, out there somewhere in Southern California, hiding? This is the man who saved Jake’s life. Can Jake fulfill his promise to Peter’s wife Duong and their two children? Has Peter taken on one of the most powerful drug lords in the U.S.? If he has, has he lost?

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 4, 2012

Reviews

[Eric F. B. Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written

Intelligent description of human thought processes and motivations. A clear understanding of the effects of the Vietnamese conflict and similar struggles that are still part of our world.


An intelligent description and clear account of the consequences of the Vietnamese conflict 'survivors' and how people's lives can be affected.