My King The President

by Tom E. Lewis

Investigative journalist, Jeb Willard, learns that his old college friend, a Secret Service agent, fatally shot the controversial President of the United States and then killed himself. Devastated, Jeb attends his friend's funeral where he is approached by a priest who gives Jeb a note from his Secret Service agent friend hinting of treason within the highest levels of the government. Uncertain what he should do, Jeb returns home to North Carolina to consult with Cal, his father and witty small town newspaper owner/editor. Cal advises Jeb to not get involved, at least not until more information is learned by the FBI and government investigators. Jeb follows his father's advice, but is eventually forced into action as the new President, Helene Fordham, calls him to Washington for a personal meeting. Jeb cannot refuse the persuasive first female President or her close friend, his former editor, and reluctantly agrees to begin his own investigation. It isn't long before Jeb, Cal, and Liz McCarty, the beautiful sister of the murderer, are running from the chief suspect, former Chief Justice Ezekial Koonce, as well as the FBI, police, a professional hit man, the Mafia, and even the U.S. Army! Stubbornly digging out facts of the conspiracy while barely keeping himself and his friends alive, Jeb manages to stay half a step ahead of all those in pursuit. With Cal's assistance, Jeb peels off layer after layer of the astonishing plot, which races through exciting and surprising turns of events, culminating in an amazing, highly explosive climax you won't believe!

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery

273 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2008

Reviews

[Debra Slonek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining, fast-moving storyline filled with political intrigue and government conspiracies. Alliances were broken and forged, while betrayals were revealed and outsmarted. I found it interesting the way some of the characters were developed, as many of the good guys definitely had shadows of darkness in them, while some of the bad guys had good, redeeming moments in their lives. The pacing of this book held my interest from beginning to end.

[Nancy B. Finn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fast read non stop enjoyment

Author is a great storyteller. His style is curt and concise so the storyline moved right along at a very fast pace. Characters were well developed and unlike so many stories like this with a fairy tale ending this one was just darn good. Makes you want to read more books by this author.

[L Jerome Krovetz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

Great story and well written. Characters as
Are well drawn. Lookibg for more by this author he is one of the best.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

A couple good things about this book...the storyline was very promising. The president of the US taking over the country in a military coup. Great idea(for a story)! The prologue was also exciting and grabbed my attention. But after that I was quickly let down. I found some of the situations to be completely unbelievable. The character developement could have been better. The character of the girl who was the love interest could have been edited out. She was completely unnecessary to the story. All in all, OK but could have been better. Kindle edition had some formatting problems with dialogue.

[Stephanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The political intrigue and murky loyalties really made this book seem a lot longer than it was. I finished it, but it was a near thing. I kept having the feeling that I had dropped in on a much longer book but only got to read the middle chapters.
I'd be willing to give this author another chance, but I'd be hoping for a lot more clarity.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting story. Political/Mystery/Thriller variety, but not quite as gripping or compelling as others. I didn't quite believe that the whole story could have happened... Still, it entertained, and was fun to read.

[Brenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good story. I am a fan of Lewis, but this wasn't one of my favorites. A few things were explained away by means that didn't exactly suspend disbelief, but it was still entertaining. It's action packed suspense just the same.

[Laura MacMillan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best part of this book was the prologue. The story didn't move fast enough to qualify as a thriller, and wasn't well developed enough for it to be called plot-driven, either. I had high hopes for this book but just found it to be so-so.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of my favorite genres and the book was good, but there were some portions that just didn't flow very well...I enjoyed it, but it wasn't one of the best reads.

[Jean Cogdell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Long and a bit boring at times. Not believable. Was disappointing.

[Pmcdnld2 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice presidential assassination/government conspiracy mystery.

[Gregory · Rating 2 out of 5]

Solid, but put-downable. Worked as an inexpensive Kindle download to take on a trip.

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a political thriller that I couldn't put down until I finished it. However, there was a little more "blood-and-guts" than I prefer.

[Addie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable political mystery.

[Larry Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great book by Tom Lewis. Great author.

[Cyndy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A page turner...

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fast, fun read.

[Craig Eliades · Rating 2 out of 5]

The plot would make for a decent (albeit far fetched) movie but it wasn't a great book

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok. Not great, but readable

[Vern · Rating 2 out of 5]

The plot had great promise. But the development was predictable and uninspiring. The writing ordinary. I could not recommend this book.

[Charmin Sterbenz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice easy summer read. In the vein of Tom Clancy stuff. But without the really long descriptions of submarines and planes.

[Suzanne Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good summer read if you like political thrillers.