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Author name: J.D. Rhoades

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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780312371555
ISBN number: 0312371551
Label: St. Martin's Minotaur
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: July 22, 2008
Publishing house: St. Martin's Minotaur
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 149528
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From the Shamus Award-nominated author of the critically-acclaimed Jack Keller southern crime series comes an explosive stand-alone thriller about an undercover federal agent, a chameleon whose specialty is assaulting criminal organizations from within.



He was the most talented undercover agent in FBI history, until he dropped completely off the grid, and hasn't been heard from in years. Did he go native, or was he discovered and killed? When Tony Wolf is finally driven out into the open, torn from deep cover during the rescue of two kidnapped children, he becomes the number one target of both the vicious biker gang he double-crossed and a massive Federal manhunt.



But Tony’s tired of being the hunted, and as both the gang and a traitorous FBI agent converge on a small southern town, they’re all about to learn a hard lesson:  When the Wolf breaks cover, he doesn’t always run away.



Sometimes he comes straight at your throat.



Critically acclaimed author J.D. Rhoades has written his most compelling thriller to date--a pulse-pounding novel that leaps off the page and will leave readers begging for more.





Customer Reviews
User popularity level: out of 5 stars

Rated by buyers 1 out of 5 stars - It only wasted 3 pages to turn me off
I've only read 3 pages of this novel and decided to give it up. Only 3 pages, but
I've already found three impossible and improbable errors:
Does the author know that most of the gas stations now require people to "PAY FIRST"?
How come an uniformed deputy would know the name of a guy at the gas station, since the cop claimed he didn't know the guy?
Suspicious? Odd? Just because the guy didn't have a credit card?
What a stupid beginning 3 pages to launch a novel?
This is just like those thrift stores still selling lot of similar stuff ten times high than those 99cents stores. Those stupid workers of Salvation Army or Goodwill thrift stores obviously don't even have the money to visit 99cents stores, they don't even know that so many prices they tagged on their used stuff are 10 times higher than what the 99cents stores carried, and they are unused and brand new!
Rhoades definitely needs to keep himself updated more.


Rated by buyers 2 out of 5 stars - Broken Plot
This is the very first book I've read from this author. It is disappointing. The plot requires a suspension of belief, the characters are typical Hollywood cliches, and the writing is boilerplate lazy. Mercifully, the book is short.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - One of the few times I've become short of breath from turning pages so quickly
If you are not already familiar with J. D. Rhoades from his excellent Jack Keller series, then BREAKING COVER will hit you like a two-by-four between the eyes. Over the course of three novels, Rhoades has quickly established himself as a writer's writer, with his work being textbook exhibits of how the job of writing the edge-of-the-seat thriller is properly done.

BREAKING COVER is a stand-alone work, taking place a step or two outside of the Keller mythos. Fans will not be disappointed by his absence, however temporary, as there are enough explosions, fisticuffs and general mayhem to fill three books.

The opening scene takes place in a convenience store, where gas is sold out front and just about everything you can reasonably think of is inside. Rhoades nails the setting right down to the last nuance, including a description of the cashier that is so dead-on as to be jaw-dropping. It is one of those heartbreaking homemade "Have You Seen Us?" posters on the side of the cash register, with a picture of two missing young brothers, that is the early tipping point for the book. For, indeed, shortly after buying gas, a customer sees one of the boys, apparently being held captive in a white van. He follows the vehicle and initiates the rescue; although he should be hailed as a hero, he bails.

The reason is that the rescuer is Tony Wolf, a former undercover FBI agent who dropped off the grid and out of sight several years before. Wolf has been presumed dead, not only by his former employers but also by his wife, Kendra, an FBI agent herself. When he fell off, Wolf was working undercover with a biker gang whose viciousness almost defies description; his self-initiated exit interview from the gang involved a fiery double-cross that left one of the gang leaders a paraplegic. Now that Wolfe has suddenly resurfaced, alive and well and on the run, he has both the FBI and a crew of gang members full of simmering revenge after him.

Wolf, however, has not spent the past few years assuming he was in the clear; instead, he has been preparing for the inevitable. And when the day of reckoning comes, Wolf is more than ready to dole out street justice to those who have it coming. There are some factors, though, that he cannot anticipate, including a dogged television reporter who keeps getting in the way; his wife, who insists upon being a part of the investigation; and a traitor within the FBI's own ranks. The book has more than one surprising and explosive ending, and while you might guess one of them, it is doubtful you will anticipate them all.

Reading BREAKING COVER is one of the few times I've become short of breath from turning pages so quickly. I kid you not. You should get a note from your doctor that your cardiovascular system is in shape before you beginning reading this. But it'll be worth every minute on the treadmill.

--- Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Quick and Good
I hadn't heard of J.D. Rhoades before but I saw this book at my local library on the "New" shelf and decided to take it with me on a trip. I should have taken the rest of his books, too, because this is a quick read! There are very few books that keep me up at night but this one did. Rhoades knows how to start a book with action but, unlike most, he keeps it going -- and going realistically -- throughout the book. Sometimes you don't know who to root for but you keep reading as fast as you can to see what happens next. I hadn't heard of the "redneck noir" genre before but, if Rhoades is typical of writers in that genre, I'm all over it! I can't tell you about the plot without giving spoilers, so just get the book. I read two or more books a year and this was one of the top ten of the last few years as far as I am concerned.


Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - 5 Stars all the way ... no doubt about it
This is a very hard to put down read ... easily one of the best books I've read this year. A guy who has to do the right thing (because it's his nature to do so), does it and unleashes the demons of his past (to include a nasty biker crew out to kill him, a beautiful loving wife he's left behind and a federal bureau of investigation that thought him dead ... but there's a hostage involved and an agent on the take. The Protagonist (two names so I won't confuse here), has the kind of gravitas that is as endearing as it is convincing. Breaking Cover immediately engages and you'll want to keep going (sorry, no spoilers if you're looking for one) ... the cast of characters are diverse and interesting and the fast pace between the subplots makes for a very thrilling ride. I started it very early in the morning (this morning at the gym) and except for showering/dressing/driving for (and to) work, didn't put it down again until I had to (at work--although I finished it there--what long bathroom breaks are really for). Breaking Cover is my very very first J.D. Rhoades novel ... it won't be my last.

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