 | Blood Island is full of Florida flavor and spiced with tension and humor.
---James O. Born, Author of Burn Zone BLOOD ISLAND is Florida Deco fiction at its best, and stakes-out a solid chunk of literary beachfront for author H. Terrell Griffin. The dialogue, sparse and mature, is Hemingwayesque. His insights into the quirky beast that is Florida will delight John D. MacDonald fans. Mr. Griffin's knowledge of law, and his sense of story, rival Grisham's best. Welcome to the world of Matt Royal, the fun loving beach bum lawyer who is as tough and smart as any character in modern American fiction.
---Randy Wayne WhiteNew York Times Best Selling Author of Black Widow |
As I was reading Terry Griffin's new novel BLOOD ISLAND I was struck how much his story telling is a cross between the venerable old master J.D. MacDonald and the immensely popular Stuart Woods. BLOOD ISLAND is smooth writing, fabulous settings and visuals, and above all a damned good story well told.
---David Hagberg, USA Today Best Selling author of Allah’s Scorpion With BLOOD ISLAND, the riveting third installment of his Matt Royal series, Terry Griffin lays rightful claim to his own special chunk of the Florida mystery turf. While the tune might sound familiar -- a variation on that ever-popular theme of beaches, bars and broads gone bad -- Griffin gives it a fresh, new riff with meaty characters, a multi-layered story and a fuel-injected pace, jet-rocketing from the moneyed strands of Sarasota to the grimiest corners of the Florida Keys. The bad guys (and gals) are the baddest you'll ever meet, while Matt Royal and his not-so motley crew are tough, smart and funny -- the kind of folks who display an equal talent for watching each other's backs and philosophizing over a cold beer.
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 Blood Island by H. Terrell Griffin What’s happening on this island will make your blood run cold. Matt Royal never has to look far for excitement. Excitement–and sometimes trouble–has a way of finding him first. But for this fun-loving lawyer turned beach bum, things are about to get serious. Dead serious. When his ex-wife asks for help in tracking down her stepdaughter, last seen in Matt’s hometown of Longboat Key, Matt agrees to do a little searching. But what looks like the case of one missing girl turns out to be something much bigger–and much more dangerous. Enlisting the aid of his buddies Jock Algren and Logan Hamilton, Matt launches a full-speed-ahead search that leads from Longboat Key to Key West to an ominous strip of land called Blood Island. But this is no island paradise. Blood Island is home base to a cult of religious zealots. And they’re making devastating plans that could change the world forever. Bullets fly, and as the clock ticks down, it will be up to Matt to make sure that what happens on Blood Island stays on Blood Island. Blood Island: Published by Oceanview Publishing Book ListBlood Island is a thoroughly entertaining, old-school Florida mystery novel that fans of the region and the genre will love.
Publisher's WeeklyGriffin's breezy first-person narration brings the likable Matt Royal, with his killer reflexes and wry sense of humor, vividly to life.
ForeWord MagazineGriffin seems to have settled into a niche unoccupied by other writers. General mystery fans and Travis McGee addicts alike should enjoy this book.
Mystery GazetteThis fast-paced Florida Keys mystery is filled with suspense and a great hero whose sardonic (including self flagellation) humor, makes for an entertaining suspenseful tale.
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