[Friendship & Honor 02.0] Murder Has Consequences

Read [Friendship & Honor 02.0] Murder Has Consequences Storyline:

It’s easy to give your life for someone. It’s much harder to kill for them.
~Nicky Fusco
For a select few people, friendship lasts forever. Nicky Fusco and Frankie Donovan were friends like that, but that was years ago. Now Frankie’s a detective in Brooklyn’s Homicide department, and Nicky is a reformed hit man. But when Frankie gets in trouble—and the law can’t help him—he turns to Nicky.
The problem is that Nicky promised his family, and God, that he’d go straight.
**Review
If you've been reading my reviews for any length of time, you will recall that Mr. Giammatteo's debut novel, Murder Takes Time, won the 2012 Seeley James Award for Best Indie Debut. It was a deserving book, but what separates career writers from flash-in-the-pans is the ability to keep writing great stories.
Mr. Giammatteo has written another great story, but Giammatteo doesn't hand you a standard killer from central casting. He presents the creepiest killer you've ever read about. He makes you want to get in the book and kill him yourself. 
It is Mr. Giammatteo's characters that bring his stories to life. He doesn't trim the dialogue or the background down to maintain pace, he fleshes out the characters through the idle banter of everyday life and the observations of everyday places.
What makes this book a great read is the pace. Mr. Giammatteo starts you with familiar events, a death in the family, obnoxious relatives, combative friends, then he eases you into their personal lives and struggles. He even injects a little humor.
With the patience of a seasoned writer, he then turns up the heat on the characters, adding roadblocks and challenges and dangers and time elements. When you reach the conclusion, you are fully engaged with the characters and the pressures they face to solve problems. It is this understanding that heightens your sense of danger and creates the thrilling ending you didn't expect.
The heartwarming ending will make you sign up for the author's next book right away.
Bottom Line: a MUST READ for anyone who loves mysteries and thrillers.
~Seeley James
From the Author
I am passionate about writing, and reading. I would love to hear your comments about the book, and welcome emails or discussions. 
Thanks for checking it out,
Giacomo