Shell Game

This is a very interesting story. You can feel the suspense as the couple learn that they have lost everything they own to a con man scheme. You can see how this could happen (although the numbers are bigger than life) to someone. I like the way Taylor and Alan decide to do something about it themselves. It's a good read and so are the other Jeff Buick novels.

Jeff Buick's fourth novel, an exciting page turner, and possibly the best, so far, although they all are good. Shell Game's plot has several unexpected twists and turns, is well written, and you don't find out which shell has the prize until the final page, thus keeping the excitement in motion. This one would make a fine film, as they all would. Jim Stevenson Palm Springs

The authors that I have read in the past have nothing for me to read at this time. I decided to try a new author and selected Jeff Buick. I have made a good choice. In this book Taylor Simons and her husband Alan Bestwick are living the good life in San Francisco. Taylor's company G-cubed is doing a very good business. Alan is working for a corporate security company. They are on top of the world. All of that suddenly changes.They recieve a phone call from their banker. He is calling in their note on an investment that they have made. They have bought $13 million worth of stock in New Pro. The company has packed up and left everyone high and dry. The money that they borrowed to purchase the stock is all due on the spot. Taylor is forced to sell G-cubed and their home to pay the note. This turns out to be a huge nationwide scam. The head of this scam is a man named Edward Brand. He has stolen $263 million from investors in this con game. He is nowhere to be found. Taylor and Alan locate Brand in Caba San Lucas in Mexico. They travel to Mevico to find him. They locate him and attempt to pursue him. Alan pushes Taylor out of the vehicle and crashes over a cliff into the ocean. Taylor teams up with a former employee of G-cubed, Kelly Kramerand plan their own con game to take away Edward Brand's money. Taylor makes some stunning discoveries while launching her own con. If they fail at their con they will be killed. This book will keep you turning pages. There is a shocking ending. Read this book and discover an exciting new author.

Taylor Simons is living the American dream with a handsome husband Alan whom she loves and who earns a large income so that they live in a mansion. She also runs her own multi-million dollar valued advertising business G-cubed. Their bank suddenly calls in Taylor and Alan to pay their note. past due. The pair had invested everything they owned and more into New Pro, but the firm disappeared overnight in a great scam. Down to a paltry few hundred K, they sell everything even as adding insult Alan loses his job. When they receive a tip as to the whereabouts of New Pro CEO Edward Brand, they head to Mexico to confront him. Per happenstance they find him where he is living and follow him when he leaves his luxurious villa. As the car nears the cliffs, Alan throws Taylor out of their vehicle and tries to run down Edward. Instead he misses and falls into the water below. DNA proves he is dead. Taylor teams up with a former New Pro employee Kelly who also works for the NSA; they set up a scam to take away all of Edward's money knowing failure means death. SHELL GAME is a thrill a minute crime caper in which appearances are deceiving and filled with twists that seem plausible yet stunning. Ironically, Edward is the only key character who appears to be what he is as everyone else has secrets they hide behind. Jeff Buick will be recognized by fans as a leading thriller writer due to this fast-paced tale in which the sting is the only game in town. Harriet Klausner