Hunting for a Golden Treasure
While I hadn’t read them yet, I’ve heard great things about both authors Lyndee Walker and Bruce Robert Coffin. So, when they teamed up for a treasure hunt themed adventure series, I took notice. It sounded like fun, so I got the first, The General’s Gold. While it took me a few months to get to it, all the buzz I’ve heard about it was right – this was a fun debut.
The series features Avery Turner, a new tech billionaire, and Carter Mosley, an internet famous adventure junkie. The two met when Carter taught Avery to scuba dive. But things really kick off when Avery learns of her friend, fellow tech billionaire, Mark Hawkins’s death. The police are ruling it an accidental drug overdose. There’s just one problem with that – Avery has never seen Mark take anything stronger than an aspirin. She goes to investigate herself, and she finds a few puzzling things that Mark left behind. Soon, she’s is on the trail of a rumored treasure that dates back to the 1700’s, pulling Carter in along the way. Can they find it?
For a treasure hunting thriller, I found the beginning of this book a little slow. But I get it, the authors were setting up the characters and their relationships. Yes, we had hints of the danger to come, and I was enjoying the book. But I was ready for the story to kick off when it did.
When it took off, it was full steam ahead. We jump all over the Eastern Seaboard in the attempt to follow the clues and find the treasure. There are close calls and page turning suspense. As the characters track down clues, they also piece together the history of how the treasure got to be where it is. I appreciated how that all played out as well since it made sense at the end.
Now, keep in mind that the mystery of what happened to Mark, while resolved by the end, isn’t the driving force of the story. This is a pure adventure treasure hunt. But, since that’s what I was expecting when I picked up the book, I wasn’t disappointed.
Most of the book is told from Avery’s point of view, although we do get some scenes from Carter’s. They, along with Avery’s assistant, Harrison, are the main trio, and we get to know them best. A few scenes from one of the bad guy’s point of view fleshes them out a little, although they weren’t really the focus. Anyway, I liked the main trio, and I’m looking forward to spending more time with them as the series progresses.
Like any good action story, are all the actions scenes completely realistic? Probably not. Did I care? No. I bought them as I was reading them, and that’s all that matters.
Given that this is a thriller instead of a cozy, I was actually happy that the violence and language was kept to a minimum. Yes, it’s there, but not as bad as it could have been.
I did feel like a couple of things got dropped or rushed over. But these are minor issues. Overall, the plot holds together well, and I was caught up in the story.
If you are looking for an exciting new series, don’t pass up The General’s Gold. You’ll be hooked and hunting for the next before you know it.
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