The Monkey House by Boyd Taylor (Book #3 in the Donnie Ray Cuinn series)
Book Details:
Category: Adult Fiction, 212 pages
Genre: Political Suspense
Publisher: Katherine Brown Press
Release date: May 29, 2015
Tour dates: Jan 3 to Feb 28, 2017
Content Rating: PG-13 + M (Some adult language and elusion to sex.)
Book Description:
This, the third Donnie Ray Cuinn book, pits Donnie against the old friends and new enemies guilty of land fraud and corporate greed. Donnie returns to Austin from his law practice in the Texas Panhandle to confront All-American football player Wesley Bird, his former best friend. In the company of beautiful, athletic Anna Kaye Nordstrom, Donnie experiences the “new” Austin of glitzy condos, trendy restaurants and social media. He also revisits the “old” Austin of barbecue, power politics and greens versus developers. Donnie finds that not much has changed.
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Meet the Author:
BOYD TAYLOR lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and their Havanese dog Toby. Necessities is the fourth novel in the Donnie Ray Cuinn series. In a former life, Boyd was a lawyer and a corporate officer. A native of Temple, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in government and an LL.B. from the law school.
Boyd’s first novel “Hero” was prescient in its story about fake news. His second novel, “The Antelope Play,” dealt with drug trafficking in the Texas Panhandle, an unfortunately accurate forecast. The third, “The Monkey House”, involved commercial development of a large green space in the center of Austin, all too familiar to Austin residents. Whether his upcoming novel “Necessities” predicts future events with the accuracy of the earlier books remains to be seen.
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5 stars
Donnie Cuinn is back. Donnie’s Papa and birth mother live in a building that was formerly a building where experiments were performed on monkeys. It has now been converted into housing. But the area right across from the building is up for debate. Many think that it would be wonderful to turn the land into a park but there are others that want to the land into stores and condos.
Donnie learns that his former best friend has decided to talk his parents into investing in a big project relating to this land. Donnie tries to give Wesley a second chance but things don’t go well for him. Donnie is going to have to be quick on his feet if he is to save the day.
I love this series and am very glad that I was given the chance to review the whole thing. Donnie is a great lead character and even when you know he is making a bad decision you can’t hope but hold out a prayer that it will work out in the end. I really enjoyed coming back to spend time with Papa again.
This story will suck you in, twist you all kinds of ways but lose, and leave you not wanting to leave its world. I love the visit to Austin of present and what Donnie remembered. And Wesley, what a weasel. I was screaming at Donnie to not give him a second chance yet that is exactly the character Donnie is. You can’t help but watch the train wreck this is going to be.
If you like a great thriller that will keep you guessing up to the end, look no further. You need to check out the Donnie Cuinn series.
I received a complimentary copy of this book. I voluntarily chose to read and post an honest review.
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