| Category: | Fiction - Family Saga |
|---|---|
| Author: | Gerald M. Turning Jr. |
| Publisher: | Blue Bridge, LLC |
| Publication Date: | December 14, 2020 |
| Number of Pages: | 378 |
| ISBN-10: | 057882213X |
| ISBN-13: | 9780578822136 |
| ASIN: | 057882213X |
Greg Jackson is a decorated cop, the honor and pride of the
K9 division. He is exceptional at catching the bad guys and is praised by all
other policemen. He believes that he has made all the right decisions and has a
perfect life. However, all his medals and badges do him no good when his son
gets diagnosed with autism and his entire life begins to unravel. He has to
reassess everything he knows about fatherhood and has to learn new ways to form
a relationship with his boy. This turns out to be extremely stressful for him
and so to cope with the stress, Jackson turns to the bottle and feels delighted
when he discovers that drinking his way to unconsciousness gives him the
opportunity to connect and bond with his son in his dreams. But in an
unforeseen turn of events, the booze leads Jackson to make a fatal mistake, the
consequences of which threaten to upend his entire life.
Desperate Pursuits is Gerald M. Turning Jr.’s take on the
age-old ‘good cop turned bad’ theme and it is a marvelous one at that. The
character development continues throughout the entire novel, leaving readers
feeling as though they are a part of the story and are seeing a celebrated cop
turn into a national disgrace in real-time. The descriptions are terrific and
the author has the ability to explore human emotion with forensic clarity,
allowing a strong bond to build between the characters and the readers. The
pathos is skillfully written and it rubs off on readers in a compelling manner.
Readers keep turning the pages as they want to find out if the policeman will
be able to survive the political firestorm he is trapped in and what will
become of the relationship between the father and his son. If you fancy flawed
heroes and gut-wrenching turns, this is the book for you. Greg is a genuinely
flawed and believable character who arrests the attention of readers. It is a
fascinating story that had me on edge.
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