Kill Zone

I place this story at the top in the suspense genre, it has the force of being well researched. Its historical context is accurate as computer technology during the 1980's was not as advanced. Civil Service employees including Police are not investigated upon presentation credentials unless reasonable doubt is evidenced at the beginning, or a serious crisis occurs requiring investigation takes place. So it is possible for a ghost to move from place to place. . The Sniper of the story is a dedicated killer,avenging his father's death,and throws law enforcement off because he spaces by years his killing of the men who killed his father. Authorities did not catch on to him until computer technology in the late 1990's ,an officer who tried to prosecute the sniper's father's killers,insurance investigators,and the F.B.I. became involved. Aaron Longbaugh was able to wreak havoc while using the cover of a Police SWAT TEAM member. He was like a ghost. This story is too realistic to be a fiction story. It is EErie. A bright and intelligent lady insurance specialist fell in love with him and never had a clue as to who he was. The suspense and action far outweighs the price of the book.

This was a good action book. Major Longbaugh was killed by his squad in Vietnam at the end of the war. The attack was disguised as a vietcong ambush. Two army investigators attempt to prosecute the guilty members of the squad but are unable to because of a lack of evidence. A few years l;ater one of the investigating officers run into the son of the assasinated major. The investigator tells the son how his father really died. The son, trained as a sniper takes up the call of vengance. You get a good insight into the world of a sniper. You also are able ti see the tactics that the son uses to track down the killers of his father. This makes some very good reading. You are able to take an exciting journey with the son as he seeks vengance. This is a must read book. You will not be dissapointed.

This was a book I found hard to put down. Even though I some what knew was going to happen in the end, I was intrigued to see how it was going to happen. This is a great book with a great central character.

This book was a hit with me, since civil lawsuits are this reader's bread and butter, Even though Kirkus Review called the wrongful death suit "preposterous", I know that wrongful death suits by the ACLU are common and not unlikely at all. It appears that those who wrote that review need to join the real world sometime. It seems that any book that has a gun in it becomes "right-wing" This story is so based on reality, it is scary. I have heard more than one story based on "fragging" that actually occurred.The action scenes are breath-taking and the on-going investigation by the claims adjuster fasinating in its realistic detail. I give this book a double thumbs-up.

In 1970, President Nixon announces the major withdrawal of American troops from Viet Nam. To the soldiers still fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia, it was a rallying call to come home and not serve on any more potentially deadly missions. However, the fighting still goes on and Major Ralph Longbaugh has to send one of squads into one of the most dangerous parts of Nam. Instead the soldiers kill Ralph, setting it up so that it would seem that he died at the hands of a Cong ambush.A decade later, Ralph's son Aaron serves in the Army. Aaron believes that his father died in honorable combat, but soon learns how his father actually was murdered. A trained killer, over the next few years Aaron successfully goes after his father's assailants with a gleeful abandon. However, a wrongful death claim leads to an insurance investigation that begins an inquiry into Aaron's background.KILL ZONE starts off as one of the great vengeance novels of the nineties. That is until Aaron reaches Ohio (slightly under half-way into the book) and the story line bogs down with the wrongful death investigation. Aaron is a complex character who will actually elicit reader empathy as he goes about his deadly business. Jim Silver's tale reads fast and exciting, leaving sub-genre fans both delighted with his story and frustrated over what could have been if he stayed on the narrow path of a serial killer seeking vengeance. Harriet Klausner