About the Book

Book: Lawson’s Bluff

Author: Jeff Barganier

Genre: Contemporary action and adventure, contemporary romance

Release date: March 13, 20201

Terrorists attempt a multi-million-dollar art heist while America’s media distracts the world with stories of Alabama hunters slaughtering hogs with dogs and knives. As fearless Jack Lawson is about to catch his thousandth boar, journalist Carla Frederick arrives to cover the hunt for the LA World News. Shocked by the uncivilized Alabamians with their bulldogs and razor-sharp knives, Frederick writes a grotesque, biased story about Jack that goes viral. Belatedly, she discovers the deeper story—deeper and darker than she could have ever known. Barganier has written an unlikely love story wrapped in twisting suspense.

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My Thoughts:

If you are looking for an action thriller with lots of twists and turns, international intrigue, family drama, and a touch of romance, then this may be a book you will want to pick up.

The prologue starts in 1945, then in 2001, then jumps to 2021. I found that very interesting and I did go back and reread them during the story. Everything starts off innocently enough, sort of, when Carla Fredrick goes to write a story about Jack Lawson a hunter in Alabama who kills wild hogs with his knife. The hunt was intense and not something I would want to see in real life. Carla is biased and sends the scathing story back to LA with a not so nice caricature of Jack.

My how things change. Jack and Carla could not anticipate the attention and the danger that that story brings about. Things from the past long thought buried come to light and the real action and suspense begins. There are more dangerous creatures out in this world than wild hogs, even the one hog named Satan.

I also enjoyed big tough guy Jack and city girl Carla falling for each other.

I was provided a copy of this novel from the author. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author

A former securities broker turned writer/designer, Barganier travels far and wide upon the slightest excuse for something interesting to write about. He’s published four books and his articles on a wide variety of subjects have appeared in newspapers, magazines and on blogs. He’s travel editor for BOOM! Magazine.

More from Jeff

I didn’t “come up” with the idea for Lawson’s Bluff. The idea found me after I published a piece about a hunter in Georgia who hunts wild boars with dogs and a knife. Like character Jack Lawson, he never carries a gun, preferring, instead, to tackle the hog and slay it the old-fashioned way. So, as with previous novels, I didn’t write this one either. The story wrote me. I had no clue where the story was going until informed … by the story. This approach is what makes life interesting, I think. And what makes novels interesting, too—twisting action and romance in unpredictable settings.