“The Devil’s Due is without doubt the best book I’ve read this year. That’s high praise because I’ve had the privilege or reviewing many highly rated books…
The action is plentiful, the conflict is intense and the characters are colorful…The editing is superb and character development is thorough. The writing style is crisp and descriptive but not overdone.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and recommend it strongly.”
it’s been almost a year since the launch of The Matthew Richter Thriller Series. To help celebrate, In Sheep’s Clothing will be on sale for just 99¢ this Friday and Saturday!
So if you haven’t grabbed your copy yet, I’ve made it super easy. Just click below!
Ever wonder why I ventured into the historical thriller genre with The Devil’s Due? Read Wayne Turmel’s review/interview to find out more…
“The ‘Troubles’ in Ireland make for great drama. As someone whose maternal relatives are “Scots-Irish” (a lovely way of saying Orange as hell) I have mixed feelings about the whole thing, but it’s not my fight, and a good story is a good story. That’s where L D Beyer comes in. He doesn’t always write Historical Fiction, but in this case it’s a good one: The Devil’s Due.
So what is it about this time period that grabs you?
The story is based loosely on family legend for my grandfather who served in the Irish Republican Army during the War for independence. Growing up, I heard the stories of how he had been forced to flee Ireland below a false passport because both the British and his own comrades in the IRA had put bounties on his head. Like most legends, I’m sure this one grew over time and with each retelling, especially when my Irish uncles were drinking! I spent some time in Limerick and Dublin, meeting with researchers and historians and I was happy to learn that while my grandfather had indeed served in the IRA, the circumstances surrounding his decision to emigrate after the war were not quite as dramatic as the legend would have you believe.
Exaggerated or not, though, I always thought the legend made for a great story line!”
Read the full interview
GIVEAWAY ENDS: 8/16/2016… Enter now!
Matthew Richter is back in the action-packed sequel to In Sheep’s Clothing!
A powerful drug lord threatens to bring America to its knees.
Only one man can stop him.
Two years ago, Secret Service Agent Matthew Richter faced the most difficult decision of his life, knowing that by saving the former, the latter would die. In the aftermath, he fled Washington and the agency that failed him. With wounds he’s certain will never heal, he seeks refuge behind a gun as the commander of an FBI SWAT team in New York. After a raid turns sour and Richter is sidelined, possibly for good, he is reluctantly drawn back to Washington by the man he once saved.
When drug cartels threaten to topple the Mexican government and the violence begins to spill across the border, Richter tells President David Kendall it’s time to take off the gloves. One by one, cartel warehouses and tunnels are raided and their drug caches destroyed. One by one, their sprawling compounds and bank accounts are seized. One by one, drug lords are targeted and killed. One by one–all except, that is, for Pablo Guerrero, the ruthless head of the Sangre Negras cartel, who has only grown stronger as others have fallen.
When the hunt for Guerrero finally draws first blood, he unleashes a war no one is prepared for. Now Richter must stop him before it’s too late.
Kirkus reviews In Sheep’s Clothing
“In this tale of politics and betrayal, a Secret Service agent must do everything within his power to protect the president of the United States from forces that are conspiring to destroy him…Beyer packs his debut novel with just enough information about Washington, D.C., and its various institutions’ dueling agendas to make his wild tale feel grounded in reality without being weighed down by minutiae…Richter and Kendall are both noble, likable heroes, while Rumson is a deliciously evil villain in the mold of Frank Underwood of House of Cards.
